Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a planetary ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus. When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...