A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

Scientists say studying objects like Ammonite, despite their immense distance, offers valuable insight into the solar ...

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one young star should help us understand how such systems form ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Sci-fi movies and TV shows love to place a planet inside a binary system. In reality, a planet shouldn’t be able go around two stars that orbit each other closely. That configuration should just be ...

The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a ...

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What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Forty light-years away, seven Earth-sized planets orbit around a dim red dwarf star in one of the most tightly packed planetary systems ever discovered. The TRAPPIST-1 system has captivated ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...