When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Siraj’s Planet Y search started about a year ago when he was trying to find out whether the shape of the Kuiper Belt is flat.

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, ...

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...

“Overall, our findings challenge the conventional classification of Uranus and Neptune as ’ice giants’ and underscore the ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our understanding of how planets form. These slight tilts, similar to those seen ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?

The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...