Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was ...

Astronomers may have demoted Pluto from full-fledged planet to dwarf status, but evidence suggests the solar system may still ...

A Jupiter-like planet has been found orbiting a young sun-like star in a solar system far away in what is a potentially ...

Recent research suggests a warp in the orbital plane of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) between 80 and 400 AU, hinting at the gravitational influence o ...

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

These snapshots offer a rare chance to witness planet formation in real time, giving clues about how worlds like Jupiter and even our own solar system came to be.

What can young planets teach astronomers about the formation and evolution of planets throughout the cosmos? This is what two ...

Researchers have spotted a Jupiter-like gas giant forming in the disk around a young sun — earlier in the star's lifetime ...

A young gas giant, WISPIT 2b, was detected within a multi-ringed disk around a Sun-like star. Its active formation provides a ...

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

In the 17th century, German astronomer Johannes Kepler figured out the laws of motion that made it possible to accurately ...