"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." These days, high-tech cameras and sensors enable modern astronomers to do everything from hunting for ...

You can enjoy a night under the stars -- and learn about astronomy -- at a Des Plaines school next week. The free, family-friendly astronomy event is set for Tuesday at Algonquin Middle School, 767 E.

Just 40 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST-1 system of planets is home to the largest family of Earth-like worlds known to astronomers. At least seven planets are known to orbit within the ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes that shape planets across the galaxy. The star it orbits is ...

For centuries—and, frankly, until quite recently—astronomers were baffled by planet formation. They saw points of light in the sky moving in a neat, orderly fashion, but many crucial details about how ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Bays Mountain Park invited outdoor enthusiasts for a night under the stars in a newly announced event offered through mid-October. The kayak stargazing program gives ...

Five new exoplanets have been discovered—each of them so young, they are still growing. The baby planets were discovered by researchers in the midst of an international planet hunt, using a new ...

It's not too late to see the planet parade. Stargazers will be able to see four or five planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. A rare seven-planet alignment will reportedly be ...