With water being so important to life on Earth, scientists often look for it on exoplanets. But some of those worlds might ...
There are ‘super-Earths’ and ‘mini-Neptunes’ — categorized because of how their masses compare with those of planets in the Solar System — which are some of the most common exoplanets found so far.
Astronomers have recently unveiled the existence of giant planets that defy current models of planetary formation, ...
When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...
From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...
There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?
Astronomers observe for the first time the actual motion of spirals in a protoplanetary disk, revealing gravitational ...
One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...
In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is ...
Canonball is a segment that takes a closer look at albums that should be considered classics. This time around, Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY of the One Song podcast discuss the game changing album ...