Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. A light-year is 5.8 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces ...

Our solar system exists in one of the Milky Way's smaller spiral arms — the Orion-Cygnus arm — which radiates out from the center of the galaxy.

6-planet solar system found in Milky Way galaxy with all planets in sync. A 6-planet solar system was found in the galaxy. (THIBAUT ROGER/NCCR PLANETS) By CNN newsource staff.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of ...

Moreover, the model accounts for the gravitational influences acting on the Oort cloud, both from within our solar system and ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall ...

The Solar System's journey around the Milky Way's center takes it through varying galactic environments. "Imagine it like a ship sailing through varying conditions at sea," explains Efrem Maconi, ...

The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. A light-year is 5.8 ...

(CNN) – Astronomers have discovered a rare family of six planets about 100 light years from Earth. The exo-planets are larger than the Earth but smaller than Neptune. The planets are in a little ...