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

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

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 ...

When people picture space, they often imagine endless black emptiness dotted with planets and stars. But new research shows that the region surrounding our solar system is far from empty. Instead, it ...

For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your ...

Red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy, and understanding how planets form around them is therefore essential.

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

Just a few weeks ago, we crossed the significant milestone of 6,000 known exoplanets. The counter keeps getting higher, and there are 8,000 more candidates waiting for confirmation. In the decades ...

Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. Based on its glow, the 33-billion-ton ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...