The Kepler-90 planets have a similar configuration to our solar system, with small planets orbiting close to their star and larger planets farther away.[/caption]Only a handful of star systems have ...

With the help of artificial intelligence, scientists scouring data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have discovered an eighth planet around the star known as Kepler-90. The find sets a new record ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Is there a Planet Nine? Even if there is, it would be way ...

For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting a distant star, Kepler-90, 2,545 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation, NASA announced Thursday. It is the first star known to ...

Artist's impression of the still-hypothetical Planet Nine as an ice giant eclipsing the central Milky Way, with a star-like Sun in the distance. Neptune's orbit is shown as a small ellipse around the ...

“They are special.” The eight planets that meet the new definition are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Under the rejected definition, Brown estimated the solar ...

Only a handful of star systems have more than a single planet. With eight worlds, our solar system has long taken the prize for the biggest lineup. But no longer. Our corner of the galaxy now shares ...