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

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

Astronomers have directly spotted a rare young planet, WISPIT 2b, still forming within the gap of a dusty ringed disk around ...

This video explores how long it really takes to reach the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto by tracing past missions, their routes, and the engineering trade-offs between speed, fuel, ...

Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the ...

Recent research suggests a warp in the orbital plane of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) between 80 and 400 AU, hinting at the gravitational influence o ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, detected a planet growing inside a cleared gap of a protoplanetary disk, confirming ...

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Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

Scientists have found signs of an undiscovered world, known as 'Planet Y', far beyond Neptune in our solar system, according to a recent study.

"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.