"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." ...
Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...
IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
A UVA professor is part of the study of Trojan asteroids, presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s ...
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.