A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...

Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar ...

On February 28, 2026, the evening sky will offer a rare celestial geometry: six planets of our Solar system will seem to ...

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The planets in our solar system are currently showing a special constellation. We explain what can be seen in the night sky.

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

Some parades occur when only three or four planets align in our sky, but the coming one on Feb. 28, 2026, is a bit more rare.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

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 ...