Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in Switzerland have built an AI model to uncover potentially habitable worlds that are hiding from view. As detailed ...

INDIANA, USA — Stargazers, mark your calendars! A rare seven-planet alignment will be visible in the early night sky in late February 2025. While we’ve enjoyed a six-planet alignment since mid-January ...

For the first time, astronomers have successfully observed a planet in the midst of its formation, a groundbreaking achievement that provides invaluable insights into the processes that shape ...

We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like rogue planets with internal heating or icy moons with subsurface oceans ...

If you haven't caught the "planet parade" in Northern Nevada's night skies, don't despair. This Friday should offer the best glimpse of one of the most elusive planets: Mercury. As the innermost ...

Hot Jupiters – giant gas planets that race around their host stars in extremely tight orbits – have become a little bit less mysterious thanks to a new study combining theoretical modeling with ...