Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

People living in some of Britain's most picturesque villages have been divided by plans for a one of the biggest solar parks in the ... "It will completely swamp nine local villages," Ms Clark ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...

This alignment will give people an opportunity to see multiple planets at once, but the difference will not necessarily be visible to the naked eye. Cunnama says this is an interesting event ...

Couldn’t we all do with a little stress reduction? Especially since all seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment.

The Art Institute of Chicago’s Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica is massive, featuring 350 works of art, with paintings, sculpture, video and audio, as well as historical ...

has hinted at the potential existence of a ninth planet lurking in the distant outskirts of our Solar System. Dubbed the “Planet Nine” placeholder, this enigmatic body might just be the puzzle piece ...

For many years scientists have been wondering if a mysterious ninth planet lurks in our Solar system. “Planet Nine”, dubbed, has fascinated scientists for its ability to account for “anomalous” ...

Tornados, cyclones and hurricanes wreak havoc on Earth, but scientists have now detected planetary winds on an entirely different scale, far outside the Solar System ... planet's equator." At 9 ...