Planets in retrograde tend to get a bad reputation, and while it’s true that they can cause mishaps, they’re also important ...

More planets are changing directions. First, Mercury circled retrograde. This week, Mars is reversing course and Neptune starts spinning forward again. Going retrograde and stationing direct are the ...

What happens when a planet defies every expectation of how worlds are supposed to form and move? In the nu Octantis system, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a planet that orbits in the ...

From Mercury to Pluto, an astrologer breaks down different planetary retrogrades and the meanings behind them Getty You've probably heard of Mercury retrograde — the time of year when communication ...

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our ...

A planet's year length depends on its distance from the Sun. Planets closer to the Sun have shorter years. A planet's rotation speed is unrelated to its year length. Planets' orbital speeds vary ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - August 2025 has been a gift to skywatchers, and the planets visible tonight during the rare alignment may be its most dazzling highlight yet. Just days after brilliant meteor ...

Andrew Winter's team at Queen Mary University of London analyzed fifteen disks around young stars. They used the ALMA array ...

Shedding light on the gravity of the situation. Most people do not realize that many of the stars and heavenly bodies they see in the sky no longer exist. In fact, many have ceased to exist for ...

Study imaged WISPIT 2b, a newborn gas giant orbiting a young sun-like star. It sits in a dusty gap, glows with heat, and still gathers gas.

A planet's north pole is defined by its position relative to the solar system's invariable plane. The invariable plane is a fixed reference point perpendicular to the solar system's rotation. A planet ...