Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that defies the conventional understanding of planetary formation in binary star systems. A planet orbiting in a retrograde direction—opposite to its ...

Astronomers have recently been taken aback by the discovery of an object in space that seems to be defying the common laws of celestial movement by orbiting backwards. This surprising discovery, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's what it means and what to know. Three to four times a year, the planet Mercury appears to travel backward across the sky — ...

A team of scientists has found a new planet which orbits the wrong way around its host star. The planet, named WASP-17, and orbiting a star 1000 light years away, was found by the UK’s WASP project in ...

Curious about the upcoming retrogrades of 2026? Here's a breakdown of the dates, planets involved and what it means for you.

Mercury retrograde may be known to astrology lovers as a bringer of chaos — but an expert says it's not all bad. (Getty Images/NASA) Misunderstandings, travel disruptions, communication issues — these ...

Retrograde mean motion resonances occur when orbiting bodies, moving in directions opposite to the dominant sense of motion, experience periodic gravitational interactions that can stabilise their ...

Summer is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from July 17 until August 11 — the retrograde begins after the full moon lunar phase this month, with no shortage of passed-down mythologies and theories.

Sure, astrology isn’t for everyone. But there’s no doubt that Mercury retrograde is widely blamed for creating confusion when it’s in full effect. Better safe than sorry, here we double tap into some ...