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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

September is a special month for the planet as it reaches opposition. This means Earth will find itself in between Saturn and ...