The discovery was made by astronomers in the Canary Islands observing a star system 1,600 light years away. One planet - called Kepler 107c - is thought to have an iron core that makes up 70% of ...

A rare celestial event where seven planets align is visible in the UK skies. Discover how, when, and where you can observe ...

Everyone knows about the Solar System, and the planets that make it up. They’re in space, orbiting the Sun, in an order we all at least used to be able to recite. But it was not always so.

2025 is starting off with a bang for skygazers, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at ...

with almost none of the heavy elements — things like carbon and iron — that make up planets. Astronomers believed that the disks of dust and gas surrounding these light-element stars should ...

Among the long list of recipes that can be created in Infinite Craft, you can make a Planet. This element will open up new ...

Here's why it matters to scientists. Peer up at the sky on a clear night this January and February and you could be in for a treat. Six planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

The solar system is made up of the Sun (our nearest star) and the objects that orbit around it, including planets, asteroids and comets. Planets orbit the Sun in roughly circular paths ...