New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can trigger the formation of ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...

It's possible for our solar system to capture a rogue planet and give it a home as it hurtles through the galaxy, according ...

Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways ...

The rain it raineth every day, as Shakespeare noted, apparently even on Saturn. The cosmos, it seems, is no comfort at this ...

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that once the first planets form close to the central star, these planets can help shepherd the material to form ...

Discover the fascinating feature of WASP-69 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet with a comet-like tail of gas, shedding light on ...

If Saturn's rings are older, they are also easier to explain. The Solar System was much more chaotic billions of years ago, ...

If planet X exists, it is likely a gas giant similar to Neptune. NASA/Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC), CC BY Our solar system is a particularly crowded place. Millions of objects move within it, whether they ...

This work observationally shows that the formation of planetary systems, like the Solar System, can be explained by the sequential formation of the planets from inside to outside by the repetition ...