There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, ...
The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the Milky Way," a show at New York City's Hayden Planetarium that spawned ...
When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...
A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...
One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...
(CNN) — An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a ...