From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

One such mystery, described in a recent paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, concerns circumbinary exoplanets—or ...

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

V1298 Tau links swollen young worlds to the compact planets that astronomers keep finding, and its timing signals made that connection measurable. Future transit-timing and atmospheric observations ...

Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...

California stargazers can observe a parade of six planets in the night sky throughout February, but the best time to see the ...

On February 28, six planets will be visible shortly after sunset: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

NASA has released its monthly skywatching update on what to look out for over the coming weeks, and you can probably guess ...