Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three ...

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

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

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

NASA discovers four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star after a century-long search. Find out how this changes the ...

Back in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon, scientists knew of just 31 other moons in our ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.