What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

The reward? First dibs on naming-rights if the International Astronomical Union upgrades OF201 from “candidate” to official dwarf planet. Pluto’s orbit already strikes most beginners as odd —it arches ...

Astronomers have uncovered a distant celestial body that may be a new dwarf planet, orbiting the Sun from more than twice the distance of Pluto. Found by researchers at the Institute for Advanced ...

How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System? There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in elliptical trajectories, and they are all different in size, composition, ...

Moons and other matter. More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system. Known as natural satellites, they orbit planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and other debris.

A possible dwarf planet, like Pluto, has been observed in our solar system, according to a preprint published in arXiv. The area of space where this planet was found was previously thought empty.

On June 10, Mnet released a teaser for the upcoming program’s signal song, which is called “HOLA SOLAR.” “BOYS II PLANET” will premiere the song through a global showcase on June 12 at 6 ...

A Jupiter-like planet orbiting a white dwarf hints at our solar system’s future By Ken Croswell October 13, 2021 More Stories from Science News on Planetary Science ...