The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth ...

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

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Astronomers have, for the first time, detected a planet growing inside a cleared gap of a protoplanetary disk, confirming long-held theories about how young planets shape their star systems.

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown ...

The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter.

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

Scientists are now focused on probing its climate, atmospheric composition, and potential water retention, making TRAPPIST-1e ...