What can young planets teach astronomers about the formation and evolution of planets throughout the cosmos? This is what two ...

The researchers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, to identify this very young planet, named WISPIT 2b, which orbits a ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers' knowledge of planet formation and evolution. Relying on a globe-spanning arsenal of ...

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers. Conventional ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

If you want to build a planet, you're going to have to get your hands dirty. That's the lesson from a recent paper, which outlines just how vital giant impacts are to the formation of planets.

Recent research indicates Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet, is shrinking due to its cooling interior. As Mercury's ...

A research team from Nagoya University in Japan and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) has developed a ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...