A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away.

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

The other object is 2014 NX 65, which is definitely not resonant with Uranus but might have an inner 3:2 resonance with ...

A new laboratory experiment uses a water vortex to investigate how planets form from material in protoplanetary gas and dust ...

A new laboratory experiment uses a water tornado to simulate key processes in planet formation within protoplanetary discs.

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...

A NEW Earth-sized planet has been discovered in a faraway constellation – and it would kill any astronaut who dare travel ...

A team of astronomers from Taiwan has uncovered promising evidence suggesting the existence of Planet 9, a hypothesized ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A planet that scientists called a “hot Jupiter” is causing trouble for its solar neighbor. Labeled HIP 67522 ...

A hot Jupiter-like planet, HIP 67522 b, is causing its young solar system to erupt with solar flares, potentially leading to ...

Astronomers believe they have captured an image of a planet in the act of forming, something that has never before been ...

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.