Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...
A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.
Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that ...
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting ...
Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...
A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path around ...
The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...
Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...