Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

Eight planets travel in circular paths around a burning ball of gases, called the Sun. Welcome to our Solar System, our space ...

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, literally and figuratively. The extrasolar planet, or "exoplanet," designated ...

Jupiter-like planet 8 UMi b, named Halla, orbits its host red giant star Baekdu closely. The red giant's merger with a white ...

The 24th annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery featured interactive booths and workshops highlighting space ...

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There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

Indoor play areas are more than a rising entertainment trend. Soft Play has been changing neighborhoods for the better with ...

Free-floating, planetary-mass objects that are just drifting carefree through the galaxy, untethered and starless, appear to be able to generate their own systems of moons, like a planetary system on ...

One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets may hold oceans, rocky ground, and even atmospheres rich in oxygen or ...