Scientists have confirmed a potentially habitable fifth planet in the nearby L 98-59 system, revealing a diverse collection ...

The post Scientists Might Just Have Discovered Another Dwarf Planet Sibling For Pluto first on TwistedSifter. In 2006, Ceres – located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt – was officially ...

Claims that extraterrestrial life may exist on the exoplanet K2-18b face new challenges from James Webb Space Telescope data.

Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...

V1298 Tau b, as the planet is called, is a proto-sub-Neptune. With an estimated mass around times our planet, it is smaller than Neptune, which weighs over 17 Earths. The planet is extremely young, ...

SCOTS may be able to catch a glimpse of Pluto this week as it reaches peak brightness. The dwarf planet is set to be at its ...

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Incredible images reveal the moment a new planet begins to sculpt spirals of dust and gas around its home star, located over 440 light-years from Earth.

According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...