A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...
When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...
The record-breaking event is providing insight into how these strange objects form.
A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?
Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...
A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...
In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is ...
Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust may have recorded meteorite and comet impacts as our planet traveled through the spiral arms ...
The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of satellites in Earth orbit were forced to perform more than 10 ...
Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record ...
Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...
Astronomers spotted a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming within a dusty ring around its star system, offering clues about the ...