Get ready for a stunning celestial event! On February 28, 2026, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and ...

Look west just after sunset from this weekend for a chance to see some of six planets, though the best views will be had ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit.

Stargazers, get ready for a celestial show! A planetary alignment featuring six planets will be visible in late February and early March 2026. Here's how to see it.

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest that even extremely massive gas giants — once thought ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are ...

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

Explore the visibility of Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in February 2026. Discover observation dates, locations and details based on Space.com and NASA data.

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

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

Learn why only 14 out of over 6,000 exoplanets orbit two stars, and how Einstein’s general theory of relativity may be to blame.