In the early days of our solar system, when the Sun was still young and the planets were barely formed, Jupiter wasn’t the ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

Scientists provided a detailed look into Jupiter's primordial state and their calculations revealed that Jupiter was ...

This week, an old astronomical controversy is renewed as researchers present new evidence for a hidden "Planet X" in our ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered water ice in a young star amongst the solar systems debris belt.

Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

A new study has revealed that Jupiter—our solar system’s largest planet—was once even more enormous than it is today. In fact ...

Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...

The baby planets were discovered by researchers ... formed or why they differ so drastically from our own solar system." He called their new technique "a remarkable leap forward for astronomy ...

“Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ... What has them excited is the planet K2-18b. We only know it exists ...

Scientists directed NASA’s Perseverance rover to take an image of the Martian sky after a solar storm in hopes that an aurora ...