Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

This phenomenon, known as a 'planetary parade' is a rare sight, and it will be the last time seven planets can be seen simultaneously so well until 2040. The best chance to see as many planets as ...

The term may appear confusing, since the planets cannot actually fully line up in the three-dimensional solar system exactly as they may be seen in pictures; rather, it's our perspective of the ...

"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

The first image of planet Earth was taken by astronaut Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8 as it made its way to the moon on December 24, 1968. Anders was joined by Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, the first ...

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it ... reveal unprecedented details of planets when they are very young.

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets ... "We want to take pictures of other solar ...