When looking at our solar system, the planets going around the sun seem to be set up in a pretty organized fashion. They are ...

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

To better understand why the planets have variable compositions ... to the formation of the gas and ice giants in the outer solar system. This first-order model of planetary growth in the solar ...

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

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Evenings in February 2025 present us with a striking lineup of bright planets, and chances to attain sightings of all the planets of our solar system before the month’s end ... did graduate work in ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

one which can offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system. But which one to choose? We've got you covered with our guide to the best telescopes for seeing planets. Now's a great ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

The team, whose research was published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics ... measure only the mass and the radius of planets outside the Solar System. Today, telescopes like ESO's VLT already ...

With some creative use of the James Webb Space Telescope, Canadian researchers are now able to study two young planets as ...