A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

The simulation of the Solar System that came the closest to the observation was the presence of a small planet, between the ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is ...

A recent study by Princeton University astronomers suggests the possible existence of a previously undetected planet in our ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

A discovery in V883 Orionis' planet-forming disk suggests Earth's water could have come from ancient interstellar ice that ...

Astronomers are abuzz with the discovery of a rogue planet, 2MASS J05325346+0919037, which is set to pass within 0.05 ...

The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) ...

For almost a decade, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in the solar system. Recently, new evidence of ...

Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the young solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and dust that formed the first asteroids and planets, including the young Earth, then a hot, molten sphere likely ...