Solar system is a collection of various celestial bodies that are held together by the gravitational pull of the sun. Our ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first 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 ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Wave-particle interactions across the solar system can have a wide range of effects though they are caused by the same set of ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...