A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside ... we don't have one in our own solar system. Their findings were accepted for publication on Feb. 23 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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A few decades ago, the Solar System had nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. Shortly thereafter, reports emerged about the possible ...

How Satisfying? The Birth of a New Planet in Our Solar System Posted: March 15, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025 "An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science ...

The national traveling exhibition explores space and astronomy, covering topics such as the search for habitable worlds.

Four small rocky planets detected in orbit around Barnard's Star, the nearest single star system to our solar system, are seen in this illustration released on March 11, 2025. International Gemini ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799 ... of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

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The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history ... Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan ...