Scientists believe they have discovered evidence of a hidden planet existing beyond Neptune, which they have named 'Planet Y'. Recently, a study analyzing the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects indicated ...

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

With a diameter of 88,846 miles at its equator, Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. It’s eleven times larger than Earth, so big in fact that its gravitational forces are thought to be ...

A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35 light-years from Earth. This discovery means there ...

This landmark discovery of the planet – named TWA 7b – which was recently published in the journal Nature, came after an ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

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

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

The birth of a new solar system may have been caught on camera. About 1,400 light-years from Earth sits a young sunlike star surrounded by cooling gas and teensy silicate minerals. These mineral ...