The planets of the Solar System are not representative of all the types of planets that exist elsewhere in the galaxy. There ...

Scientists have identified a potential new type of planet that has a sulphurous atmosphere and magma oceans evocative of ...

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...

Anastasios (Andy) Tzanidakis was combing through old telescope data from 2020 when he found an otherwise boring star acting ...

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A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system was touted more than a century ago. But ...

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known as a ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...