A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

It’s often said—we said it again ourselves just last week, in fact—that our own Solar System isn’t as typical as scientists once imagined. We’ve got four small, close-in, rocky planets (Mercury ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere brimming with dusty clouds and the other encircled by a disk ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

ATLANTA — On most clear nights, you can catch a view of one or two planets in the night sky. Friday evening, seven planets will be aligned, briefly visible from Earth's perspective. Although the ...