The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

The exoplanet Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b), previously thought to be a mini-Neptune, has been reclassified as a "Super-Venus" ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density "super-puff" planets has at least one more planet, according to new research led by researchers from Penn State and Osaka University.

Astronomers believe that our solar system may still hold surprises, with ongoing efforts to find a hidden ninth planet, often referred to as Planet Nine or Planet X. If confirmed, this discovery ...

If you get the question in Trivial Pursuit “how many plantes are there in the Solar System?”, depending on when you went to school or how old the version is, there’s a fair chance of giving ...

Humans are considering the feasibility of terraforming our nearby planetary neighbor, so what if a distant alien civilization already had that idea and acted on it? A new paper suggests that ...

At the 2025 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary ...