Astronomers have observed two planets forming in the disk around a young star named WISPIT 2. Having previously detected one ...

The scene around WISPIT 2 is messy in a way that matters. Rings of dust circle the young star, gaps cut through the disc, and ...

As the number of exoplanet detections has breached 6,000 and continues to grow, scientists are finding a wide variety of ...

Surprise, it's twins.

A rare planetary system has been discovered that mirrors the structure of our solar system, exoplanet formation, and gas ...

Typically astronomers find planets of similar ages to the ones in our solar system, but that’s starting to change. In a study ...

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...

Exoplanet L98-59d, located far beyond our solar system, might not sound like someone’s dream destination. It likely has an ...

Astronomers have directly observed two massive planets forming around the young star WISPIT 2, located 437 light-years away.

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...