Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of a new super-Earth, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away. This ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a seven-strong planetary parade this week that will be visible in the UK night ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

ASTRONOMERS may have just found the fastest exoplanet system in the galaxy – a super-Neptune world orbiting a hypervelocity star. The pair are thought to be moving at roughly 1.2million mph.

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and ... New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans ...