Since Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet status, almost everyone has agreed that there are eight planets in our solar system ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faint amounts of methane ...

A comet traveling outside the solar system and heading toward the Earth is much larger than scientists first believed, a scientist has detailed in a new report. Avi Loeb claims the comet could even be ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Only 5% of homes destroyed in Berry Creek’s 2020 North Complex fire have been rebuilt, the lowest recovery rate of ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...