What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Since 1982, over 1 million participants have graduated from this program. What is this program? Space Camp! It is a camp for kids from all over the world, at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar ...

Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

Astronomers have been actively hunting for a ninth planet in the solar system for almost a decade. But a new study has suggested there may be another hidden world waiting to be found. | Credit: ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer. With the number of exoplanets having ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on whom ...