New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.

Now, finding a young planet like this is a fairly difficult task, as it requires a long and patient hunt for young disk ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

According to New Scientist, these findings are based on recent data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, representing the most accurate assessment of this gas giant's size in over 40 years. Unlike Earth, ...

New measurements have revealed that Jupiter — the largest planet in our solar system — is actually smaller and more flattened ...

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

James Webb Telescope Discovers Strange Planet with Carbon Atmosphere Surrounding a Pulsar!

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spied the final "auroral footprint" of a moon of Jupiter, meaning that it has watched as the moon ...

Jupiter joins existing supercomputers in the EuroHPC network – namely, MareNostrum in Spain, Leonardo in Italy, Lumi in Finland, Discoverer in Bulgaria, MeluXina in Luxembourg, Vega in Slovenia, ...

There are various models of what dark matter consists of. One would have the consequence that it could literally eat up giant planets like Jupiter.

New fear unlocked: spontaneous black hole combustion implosion. New research predicts that planets may be able to accumulate ...

The European Southern Observatory said the discovery as "the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...