Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

These incredible images reveal the exact moment when planets began to form around a star 1,300 light-years from Earth.

I t is often remarked upon that the distribution of rings and moons around the giant planets of the Solar System – Jupiter, ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Distant baby star reveals the origin of water in our solar system Scott SutherlandMeteorologist, Science Writer Published on Mar. 10, 2023, 10:57 AM ...

Jupiter-sized star This new system, which orbits a small, ultra-cool star known as TRAPPIST-1, was first discovered in May 2016. At the time, only three planets were confirmed.

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.

Each star in the night sky represents a possible solar system. Every light in the universe is, more likely than not, some alien planet’s sun.

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.