A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one extra planet. In a ...

The ingredients that help make a planet livable did not necessarily come from where many scientists once thought. A new ...

On Dec. 17, 2018, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced that 2018 VG18, nicknamed ‘Farout’, ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre planetary system where a rocky world orbits farther out than giant gas planets, defying long-standing theories of planet formation. The finding hints that some ...

This small, unassuming mineral may be older than Earth itself. Krotite reminds us of the vast timescales and surprising ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse populations of baby ...

Scientists may have identified one of the Solar System’s most important “planet factories” hidden just beyond Jupiter.

Using a new technique that partly relies on artificial intelligence, researchers spotted potentially more than 10,000 new ...