For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects ...

Astrology deciphers the unique energies and influences of planets on human lives. Luminaries like the Sun and Moon shape core ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The Kuiper Belt is a region in space beyond the orbit of Neptune that's home to Pluto and most of the known dwarf planets, as well as some comets that are thought to be relics of the solar system ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

THE explosion of a distant star light years away could be visible to Earthbound stargazers this week. The star system, tucked ...