Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Astronomers may have finally worked out how planets between the size of Earth and Neptune – which aren't found in our Solar ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a planetary ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

Until now, researchers have struggled to understand where these planets actually come from. Now, however, researchers have ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

Two rare cosmic collisions around the young star Fomalhaut were caught by space telescopes, offering new clues about how planets form.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus. When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

Most planets are part of a star system of their own – but some go their own way, and they have remained largely mysterious ...