Astronomers have long struggled to find young planets hidden inside the thick clouds of gas and dust that swirl around new ...

A hidden planet up to 10 times the size of Jupiter was found in the disc around MP Mus, thanks to new data from ALMA and Gaia ...

Astronomers have characterized the atmosphere of a young (20 Myr old) transiting exoplanet and found it to be unusually clear and puffy. By analyzing the planet's atmospheric features, they were able ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped its first images of web-like "boxwork" features on the surface of Mars. The zig-zagging ...

Our solar system has 8 planets, ... The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter may actually be an example of the failed formation of a terrestrial planet! Surface features.

These fundamental principles are universal, regardless of whether the planet is Earth, Mars, or a distant gas giant orbiting a far-off star. While conditions vary greatly, the underlying physics ...

How to tell a planet from a star – and one planet from another A lot of planets are currently visible in the night sky. Leah Crane has some great field tips to help you spot them ...

The film ‘Wild Wild Space’ interviews Planet co-founders Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler and features Planet’s founding, vision to image the entire earth every day, meteoric growth, and ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI ...