This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

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

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

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Astronomers have discovered WISPIT-2b, the first-ever baby planet responsible for carving gaps in the dusty disk around a newborn star.

The latest research reveals the detailed mechanism of material being pulled into a black hole beyond the event horizon.

Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a star that resembles the fictional Vulcan home of Spock in Star Trek.

During this clumping together, gaps open up in the protoplanetary disk, which we see as rings around the star. The Atacama ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...