An inside-out planetary system around the star LHS 1903 is turning everything that astronomers know about planet formation upside down.

Explore a hidden Atlanta gem where you can see a real Apollo spacecraft and enjoy an immersive planetarium experience, all without spending a dime ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

It’s 11 o’clock on a clear, moonless night when, although ready to call it a night, I pause at a glass door that looks out to ...

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

The 1.5-day-old moon will be in close conjunction with Mercury on Feb. 18. You may be able to spot Venus in binoculars about ...

University of Warwick astronomers, using an ESA telescope, have discovered a planetary system with a distant rocky world that turns our understanding ...

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...

The Egg Nebula, located around 1,000 light years away, is home to a dying star entering last phase of its life.

A rare astronomical phenomenon will take place Saturday, Feb. 28, and Birmingham will have a great view. A “planetary parade” happens when six planets appear in a loose alignment shortly after sunset, ...

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover a planetary system that turns our understanding of planet formation upside ...

Last year, the night sky provided us with not one but two beautiful planetary parades. The snag for the six-planet parade of August is that it happened before dawn. Very inconsiderate for those of us ...