There would be no “Imperial March” from “Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back” without “Mars” from Gustav Holst’s iconic work “The Planets.” “The Planets” has been capturing ...

Research published in August 2024 finally confirmed the presence of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, dubbed Barnard’s Star b or Barnard b for short. And now, three additional planets have ...

The search for Earth-like exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than our sun—is a central topic in today's planetary research, because extraterrestrial life is most likely to be found there ...

Languages: English. Astronomers have discovered a doomed, disintegrating planet with a comet-like tail that is shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material each time it orbits its star.

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't react chemically with each other. But what if some of them do? UCLA and ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there ...

Following the success of 'Kalki 2898 AD,' director Nag Ashwin playfully hinted at a distant release for the sequel, 'Kalki 2,' citing scheduling challenges with its star-studded cast including ...

Scientists have stunned the world with the news that life likely does exist on a faraway planet. K2-18b – which is more than twice as big as Earth and 120 light-years away – sits within the ...

There's another "parade of planets" to look forward to in April, following similar events in January and February. Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune will align in the night sky, in that order ...

The reason the last couple of weeks have been hitting differently is a little more complicated and that’s because several planets are in retrograde right now. Below, find everything you need to know ...

The recent and much-ballyhooed "planetary parade" was an interesting celestial event that likely spurred even infrequent skywatchers to seek out the seven planets stretched out across the sky.

April 2025 is shaping up to be a cosmic dance-off, with planets opting for the moonwalk instead of their usual forward groove. Let's break down this celestial choreography and its potential impact ...