Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

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

The researchers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, to identify this very young planet, named WISPIT 2b, which orbits a ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers. Conventional ...

The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will eventually become planets and other objects. Observing this early phase of ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

Space weathering expert Michelle Thompson OSIRIS-REx reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. These results help shed light onto the ...

Their research could vastly improve models of how solar systems form, which would tell us more about our own place in the cosmos.

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system built by Nasa in collaboration with IBM can predict violent solar storms ...

REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, ...