Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

The best minimal-light, unobstructed vantage points in New York City include the Hudson River Waterfront, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, a high-floor rooftop and the Rockaways, according to Secret ...

Explore the truth behind the 2026 Miraclein, the perfect month grid, and the planetary alignment. Learn why our brains find patterns in calendar myths.

Every now and then, I fall down a late-night rabbit hole reading space facts, and the 30 on this list are the ones that truly messed with my brain. Fair warning: you might need a minute to recover ...

The planets are visible throughout February, "but they’ll be lined up best toward the end of the month,” NASA says.

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

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 the southwestern sky: I am moved by an urge for contact with the stars.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

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 ...

Wednesday is "Pluto Day," because – yes, of course there is a day for that. And, while celebrating the celestial object that ...

Mercury puts on its best evening show of 2026 this February, with bright views after sunset and a helpful crescent moon.