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

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

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

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

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

Astronomers at Princeton University have uncovered evidence that the outer solar system is more structured than long believed ...

Key takeawaysPlanets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar ...

Space experts believe that the 'Dracula' disc could offer new insights into planetary formation, especially in massive ...

Neptune’s supersonic winds and icy storms revealed a planet so extreme that it forever changed our picture of the solar system. The discovery of Neptune in 1846 was not just the triumph of mathematics ...

One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the ...