Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper ...

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

A Jupiter-like planet has been found orbiting a young sun-like star in a solar system far away in what is a potentially groundbreaking discovery. The planet, named WISPIT 2b, is believed to be a 5 ...

The protoplanet, now named WISPIT 2b, was spotted using advanced adaptive optics on some of the world’s most powerful ...

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions were not conducive to life when it formed. The gas-dust cloud from which ...

New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life in the dwarf planet's hidden subsurface ocean billions of years ago.

A team of astronomers at the University of Arizona played an integral role in uncovering a baby planet with a pretty cute name: WISPIT 2b.

The Very Large Telescope view on the left shows the rings in the protoplanetary disk and the planet in yellow. Views from the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona ...

This is like getting a baby picture of our own solar system,' says Gabriel Weible, University of Arizona graduate student who contributed to research - Anadolu Ajansı ...

New ALMA observations reveal that the discs where planets form are often slightly warped, challenging long-held assumptions and offering clues about the subtle misalignments seen in our own Solar ...

Planets in the habitable zone of a white dwarf would have ... During that time, anything within that expanded radius will be engulfed and destroyed. In our own solar system, Mercury, Venus and Earth ...

Any quakes, or even rumbles from meteorite impacts, propagate outward from their point of origin, bouncing around inside a planet or moon or star before stilling to quietness. The way they travel ...