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

For many, space travel is unrealistic – spaceships are expensive, and interplanetary exploration doesn’t fit in with a 9-to-5 ...

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

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 ...

The solar system is a grand cosmic stage where each planet and moon plays a unique role in a story billions of years in the making. From Mercury’s shrinking surface and Venus’s runaway greenhouse ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...