Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.

Astronomers have long sought to understand the processes that lead to the birth of planetary systems. Recently, a major ...

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and also the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury orbits the Sun at an incredibly fast speed, averaging nearly 106,000 miles per hour. These are just a ...

The size of the Solar System and the Universe is truly beyond our comprehension. When we think of the vastness of space, we ...

The path of totality will carve an arc of darkness across the surface of our planet – at the height of the August tourist ...

Aeolian bedforms are common on Earth and across the solar system, including on Mars, Venus, Pluto, the Saturn moon Titan, the Neptune moon Triton, and Comet 67P. These geological features, among the ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

Simulations Of Early Solar Systems Find Up To 40 Percent Chance That Planet Nine Exists Wide-orbit planets are fairly common according to the study, and there's a good chance we have one of our own.