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

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

Space experts are watching a sunspot region known as AR4046 which recently produced a significant solar flare and coronal mass ejection that had the potential to be as significant as the solar storm ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

Our optical illusion personality test reveals hidden traits based on the alien planet that fascinates you most. Your choice ...

The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

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

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

Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three ...