A new NASA study reveals a surprising way planetary cores may have formed—one that could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars.

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

We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like ...

Because each layer in the planet's atmosphere hosts unique winds carrying different elements, the researchers could map an unprecedented 3D structure ... is a quickly moving jet stream of sodium ...

According to a new paper published in the journal Nature, astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of the layered ... we now have a good idea of what kinds of planets are out there, where they ...

The movements of the planets in the Solar System are pretty difficult to get your head around, even before we get started on the dark matter which seems to keep galaxies together and rotating with ...