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 ...

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

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

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

When it was discovered in 1930, Pluto was considered the ninth planet in our solar system, a status it held until 2006 when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet. A lot of people who grew up ...

As the images came back from New Horizons in 2015, showing us Pluto for ... anywhere in Solar System. With one problem. This ship would be an ecological catastrophe for the planet if it launched ...