WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...

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Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...