A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets ...

Astronomers have discovered 3I/ATLAS, a potentially 7-billion-year-old comet, believed to carry secrets from before the solar system's inception.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system. It has attracted ...

TOI-2267 is made up of two small and cool stars. The team confirmed the presence of two exoplanets, and there is strong ...

Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

I/ATLAS was first spotted by NASA scientists in May this year. Ever since, it has displayed behaviors that are not just ...

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 ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

Earth and the sun in our solar system - Drpixel/Getty Images When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle.