Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to ...

Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...