It is often remarked upon that the distribution of rings and moons around the giant planets of the Solar System – Jupiter, ...

For decades, astronomers believed our Solar System was a typical model of how planetary systems should form. But recent ...

The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

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Weary of paying big bills for power supplies that are often cut off, wheat grower Abdallah al-Ali is among the rising number ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

Credit: alexandarilich/Getty Images Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's just a blip in the 13.8 billion-year story of the universe. And one ...

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

New discoveries of objects in the Kuiper Belt have also presented challenges for the Planet Nine theory. The latest is known ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...