The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Before he played Peaches in Task, Owen Teague starred as Noa the ape in the 2024 blockbuster, Kingdom of the Planet of the ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, the University of Warwick, and the Canary Islands ...

Some planets may be soot-rich rather than water-based. Atmosphere studies will be key to understanding their true nature. Astronomers generally consider water worlds to be among the most common types ...

The end of November brings a gorgeous Grand Water Trine involving love planet Venus, leading to the most romantic day of fall ...

Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon ...

NASA has announced that a sample collected on Mars by its Perseverance rover may contain evidence of ancient microbial life ...