Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...

Neptune is an ice giant, composed primarily of hydrogen, helium, and methane, with a hot, dense fluid of icy materials above a small rocky core. Neptune has 14 known moons and at least five main rings ...

An alignment of seven planets will be visible in Friday's evening sky. Here's when and where to view the celestial phenomenon ...

LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune, is defying expectations. With temperatures soaring to nearly 2,000°C and a tidally locked ...

You can expect to see seven planets align Friday when Mercury joins Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn ...

According to NASA, multi-planet lineups are visible "every few years," but a seven-planet alignment is particularly uncommon, as each planet's orbit varies, with some moving more quickly and Mercury, ...

Neptune sets around 8:25 p.m. and Venus sets ... The new definition requires that a planet: orbit the sun is large enough to be round has cleared its orbit of other small bodies.