Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth ...

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst from ...

Recent research suggests a warp in the orbital plane of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) between 80 and 400 AU, hinting at the ...

Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper ...

New discoveries of objects in the Kuiper Belt have also presented challenges for the Planet Nine theory. The latest is known ...

Beyond the familiar planets lies a fascinating frontier filled with icy worlds, mysterious orbits, and cosmic curiosities.

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

PLANET MAKER. In this artwork showing the early solar system, an enormous dust disk stretches around the Sun and serves as a breeding ground for new planets as material clumps together.

Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way with six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra.

Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving in sync with one another. Estimated to be billions of years old, the formation 100 light-years away may help unravel some ...

With the Hubble Space Telescope nearing its end and the JWST not equipped for planetary science we desperately need a large/medium-class space telescope, say scientists.