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

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

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

Recently, the field of astronomy has been quite lively, as new discoveries from Kepler data have directly overturned our previous understanding of planetary orbits!

Mainstream theories suggest that ultra-short period planets did not start in their current positions but migrated from ...

There have been questions about a mysterious ninth planet in our solar system for nearly a decade. Pluto was unseated as number nine in 2006. Now, a group of international researchers say they may ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

Is the future great planetary laboratory hurtling in our direction incognito, veiled in gloom and cold? That’s what ...

The coldest planet in the Solar System is Uranus, which is surprisingly colder than Neptune due to its unique internal heat ...

The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.