There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

The wavelengths of radio light are so large that you can't capture a high-resolution image with a single dish. To capture an ...

Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

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

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

Astronomers observe for the first time the actual motion of spirals in a protoplanetary disk, revealing gravitational ...

With water being so important to life on Earth, scientists often look for it on exoplanets. But some of those worlds might ...

The odds for life existing on other planets has just skyrocketed after a NASA rover unearthed new evidence on Mars. The odds ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

Many planets featured in Star Trek TNG share traits that scientists now look for when identifying exoplanets: rocky terrain, ...

There are ‘super-Earths’ and ‘mini-Neptunes’ — categorized because of how their masses compare with those of planets in the Solar System — which are some of the most common exoplanets found so far.