Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the ...

A new research paper, published in the Science Advances journal, has postulated that rocky planets like ours may be far more ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Our fundamental understanding of Neptune and Uranus may be completely wrong, say researchers rethinking our solar system.

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

The passage of the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS through the inner solar system is prompting scientists and planetary ...

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Astronomers have repeatedly observed events near a distant star that mirror processes from the early solar system’s ...