A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

The planetary system, located 120 light-years away, features four worlds orbiting a red dwarf star and challenges classical formation schemes.

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Solar System is much more than a collection of planets, moons, comets, and asteroids. It is our home in the cosmos. The Solar System's only ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.