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.

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

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

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 ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...

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