The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

A planet-sized visitor possibly visited the solar system billions of years ago and permanently changed the cosmic neighbourhood by warping the orbital path of four outer planets of the system, a ...

If you needed a sign from the cosmos, the planets are in fact aligning for you this evening. ValleyCentral spoke to Christian ...

Two papers showed these intriguing signals, but the team stresses that there are currently many uncertainties to confirming ...

Astronomy has unveiled some of the most impressive results: two Earth-sized Exoplanets orbiting a very nearby star called HD ... It takes only 4.47 days for the planet to orbit its host star, at only ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Tonight and throughout January, stargazers can see a planetary alignment in the night sky or what some are calling a planetary parade.

WASP-127b's diameter is about 30% larger than Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet. But its mass is only about 16% that ...

While four members of this 'parade' can be easily spotted in a clear dark sky, finding the final two can be something of a ...

Astronomers recorded extreme winds of 33,000 kph on exoplanet WASP-127b, a 'hot Jupiter' with low density orbiting close to its star. Advanced atmosph ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.