Scientists have developed a new and improved method to better understand "steam world" exoplanets, a move that could refocus ...

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and ...

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

Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation.

I am an astrophysicist and astrobiologist with over 20 years of experience studying extrasolar planets – which are planets beyond our solar system.

Pouring rain didn't dampen the spirits Saturday of about 100 people who gathered to witness the unveiling of a scale-model solar system at the McCarthy Observatory in New Milford. The centerpiece ...

Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the latest additions to the Maine Solar System Model, billed as the largest solar system model in the western hemisphere.

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

Billions of years ago, Jupiter’s violent growth transformed the young solar system, smashing icy and rocky bodies together at ...