I am an astrophysicist and astrobiologist with over 20 years of experience studying extrasolar planets – which are planets beyond our solar system. My colleagues and I have developed a new ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...

The Sun and planets of our solar system all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust, but the planets’ compositions vary with mass and distance from our star. This illustration shows the ...

Pouring rain didn't dampen the spirits Saturday of about 100 people who gathered to witness the unveiling of a scale-model solar system at the McCarthy Observatory in New Milford. The centerpiece ...

Hands-on Activity: Students will create a model of the solar system using Styrofoam balls, paint, and string. Assign each student or group a planet to research and model.

A model of the planet Saturn stands near Route 1 in Westfield, Maine, Friday, May 9, 2003. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP File) For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of ...

F or the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved in ...

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and ...

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

For example, it does not yet model how life may shape the planet, nor does it account for the full array of nutrients organisms may need. These simplifications are by design.