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

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

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

PoET and ESPRESSO telescopes are new tools that will eliminate stellar noise and detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like ...

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

The Mauve telescope, developed by London-headquartered start-up Blue Skies Space, is the size of a small suitcase and carries ...

Explore the mysteries of "No Man's Sky" with us as we dive into the fascinating planets that populate this expansive universe ...

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

The universe is truly magical: vast, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. There’s something almost unreal about being able ...

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

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

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 ...