There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...
A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...
One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...
The solar system is composed of the sun, eight major planets, five dwarf planets, over a hundred moons, and countless comets ...
A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...
Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...
From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...
The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.
Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...
After decades of exploring, NASA's Voyager 1 hit the edge of the solar system and passed through a great "wall of fire," ...
“Overall, our findings challenge the conventional classification of Uranus and Neptune as ’ice giants’ and underscore the ...