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

Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

The Solar System’s closest approach to Radcliffe ... who was not involved in the study, told Live Science. Not everyone is ...

The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

So exactly how many solar system moons have we found ... Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan, told Live Science in an email. Astronomers have found dozens of new planetary moons ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

The Solar System continues to surprise us day after day and its presence in terms of dominance and expansion goes far beyond ...

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.