The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

This gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet.This process usually takes a ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

When it comes to planets in our Solar System's habitable zone, one world is too close to the Sun, another is too far and ...

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Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in our solar system. However, as with all ninth planet research, the new ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system ...

A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...

With a lot of talk about space recently, have you ever wondered which are the hottest planets in the solar system? You'd think the closer you are to the sun, the hotter they must be. Now that's mostly ...