Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

Astronomers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center may have discovered a star hurtling through the Milky Way with a planet ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures HH 30’s disc, revealing dust movement, jets, and planetary formation processes.

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may ...

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA. While Mercury will briefly ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

In a humorous take, the solar system is imagined with desi moms giving advice to their planetary children. From Mercury being ...