The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...
A team of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists recently traveled to Antarctica in the hopes of proving—once and for all—that our ...
Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways ...
Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.
It's possible for our solar system to capture a rogue planet and give it a home as it hurtles through the galaxy, according ...
Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of interstellar space.
The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.
New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the distribution of ices in ...
If Saturn's rings are older, they are also easier to explain. The Solar System was much more chaotic billions of years ago, ...
It was the first observed object in our solar system that originated outside of it ... which includes the planets Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury, and move in nearly circular orbits around the ...
Do we have a planetary bias when it comes to understanding where life can perpetuate? It's only natural that we do.