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 ...

New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can trigger the formation of ...

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

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 ...

It's possible for our solar system to capture a rogue planet and give it a home as it hurtles through the galaxy, according ...

An exoplanet in the Trappist star system — a multi-planet star system similar to the solar system and just 39 light-years ...

If Brown’s hidden world is real, Rubin will almost certainly find it or strong indirect evidence that it exists. “In the ...

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 ...