Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

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Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

Protoplanetary disks are the birthplaces of planets, but few discoveries have stretched scientific expectations like IRAS ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system. It’s an unprecedented ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Astronomers have discovered more than 300 exoplanetary systems that have three or more known planets. Most of these planets are about the same size and spaced close together, earning them the moniker ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus. When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid ...

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.