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

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

Think you know your way around the solar system? From the scorching surface of Mercury to the icy edges of Neptune, our planetary neighborhood is full of wonders. The order of the planets isn’t just ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense star-forming regions, revealing that Earth-like planets can form even in ...

Exoplanet hunters have had an eye on Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth at just four light-years away, for decades. We know that it consists of two Sun-like stars, Alpha Centauri A and ...

Lucas Brefka receives funding from a NASA Exoplanet Research Program grant. Christopher Palma does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...