Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun, just like planets do. There are millions of asteroids of very different shapes and sizes. Some are almost spheres, like planets, but most are ...

It seems 2025 will have a strong start, too, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when ...

Scientists have found two new habitable planets, nearly 8 times the size of Earth, that don’t orbit a ‘Goldilocks’ star. These are the closest candidates to Earth to support human life on ...

concentrated on understanding the intricate dynamics leading to the reduction in size of specific sub-Neptune planets. Christiansen's team suggested a compelling link between the cores of select ...

Nearly two dozen planets have been detected using the microlensing technique, starting with the 2003 discovery of a gas giant twice the size of Jupiter orbiting a star 18,000 light-years away.

Everyone knows about the Solar System, and the planets that make it up. They’re in space, orbiting the Sun, in an order we all at ... but also appearing to change size. This showed him the ...