The solar system extends for thousands of astronomical units away from the sun. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, gets as near as 29 million miles (47 million km) in its elliptical orbit ...

A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using ...

AN international team of astronomers led by the University of Galway has discovered the likely site of a new planet in ...

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...

The astronomers now hope to be able to take an actual image of the young planet using the sensitivity of JWST.

An international team of astronomers, led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site of a new planet in ...

"Astronomers rather tend to use LS (light second) units within a planetary system (or LD - lunar distance ... Measurements in astronomical units might fit the "NASA-punk" motif Bethesda was ...