Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...

Astronomers are uncovering distant worlds beyond our solar system using ingenious indirect methods like observing stellar wobbles and dips in starlight. Advanced space telescopes are now pushing the ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

A strange world just 47 light-years from Earth is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about alien planets. Hidden ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.

A lot happened in space news in 2022 — from the James Webb Space Telescope providing us with stunning images and data from exoplanets, to the first launch of the Artemis moon program, beautiful lunar ...

How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System? There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in elliptical trajectories, and they are all different in size, composition, ...

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"Lava planets are in such extreme orbital configurations that our knowledge of rocky planets in the solar system does not directly apply." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...