Understand how observations using some new imaging techniques may change the way we think about how planets are formed.

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...

The search for planets beyond our solar system has taken an exciting leap forward, thanks to advancements in space missions ...

Why did Venus, Earth's so-called "sister planet," follow such a drastically different evolutionary path? Unlike Earth, Venus currently does not operate with plate tectonics and is shrouded in a dense ...

The new planet's discovery is detailed in a ... of that decrease gives clues to the planet's size and other characteristics. Planets transit when they complete an orbit around their star, but ...

The team used data from Nasa and ESA’s satellites to confirm the planet’s existence and characteristics like its size, temperature and distance away from Earth. "Thrillingly, this planet is ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

All planets are born from a natal disk, a rotating disk of gas and dust that surrounds a new star ... temperature and other characteristics. Each molecule or element produces its own spectrum.

This came as an enormous surprise because it was unlike the solar system’s other planets and their moons. Voyager 2 was launched in 1977 to study Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune But the new ...

Alternatively, the new measurements also ... detecting atmospheres on its planets has proven challenging. That is the result of the unusual characteristics of their tiny and cool host red dwarf ...