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

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

As atmospheric observations of exoplanets become increasingly precise, it is more important than ever to correctly account ...

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

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

When I say jump, you say how high. Let’s put this to the ultimate test by hopping around the Solar System. Literally.

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

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

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

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

Three celestial bodies will meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely visible in the ...

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