Astronomers have recently detected a rogue planet entering our solar system, marking a rare event that has sparked ...

Some became rocks the size of baseballs, others the size of a house, and a few as big as a planet. This process, called accretion, is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets ...

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.

Beyond the familiar planets lies a fascinating frontier filled with icy worlds, mysterious orbits, and cosmic curiosities.

WISPIT 2b was detected as part of a five-year observational research project during which the international team sought to ...

Scientists may have found the first planet ever detected around our closest “solar twin,” a star called Alpha Centauri A, the ...

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