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

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

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

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 ...

It seems 2025 will have a strong start, too, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at ...

As far as impressing your potential new boss goes, discovering a planet on day three of your internship at NASA is up there. That's what happened to 17-year-old Wolf Cukier while helping out at ...

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.

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.