Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system ... material to the terrestrial planets." Angrites are a distinct group ...

Each planet in our solar system is given a unique, humorous catchphrase that reflects its personality and role. From ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...