A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...

The Solar System is far larger than the neat diagrams found in textbooks. Beyond the planets lies a vast region of icy debris known as the Kuiper Belt, followed by the even more distant Oort Cloud, ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

The Oort Cloud is often described as the outermost boundary of the solar system, but its true role remains uncertain. This vast, invisible region of icy objects may extend far beyond the orbits of ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.

NASA shared some new infrared images of the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet this week, showing the visitor brightening up in a dramatic outburst while exiting a solar system. The images were taken by the ...

Apple TV has debuted the trailer for season five of For All Mankind, the space drama series from creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. The 10-episode fifth season will make its global ...

One might not imagine such a time being conducive to the existence of fragile lifeforms, yet it is likely to be the era in which Mars was most habitable ...