This stunning image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation where the two small planetary nebulas can be ...

For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...

According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

These interactions could generate hundreds of planetary-mass objects, explaining their abundance in the cosmos. An advance that changes our view of cosmic diversity. Image of a simulation showing the ...

Extrasolar planets contextualise the Solar System among a large number of planetary systems with very different properties. Many extrasolar planets show characteristics which are not realised in the ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

The black star represents the position of the star. The colored lines are the orbits of two planets. The yellow one is the outer, and it is highly inclined. The inner one is the red one.

These are types of planets that are absent from our own solar system, but paradoxically constitute the most common classes of planet in the Milky Way. This discovery sheds light on a planetary ...