WASHINGTON - Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only three million years to ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. This second edition of a now classic ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

The largest celestial bodies in our solar system that still exist—massive asteroids and minor planets—are thought to be the last vestiges of this era of planetary formation. This is the period ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system. Analysis of three ...

Illustration showing communication between planets beyond our solar system looking from the perspective of Earth. New research using the Allen Telescope Array looked for this type of communication ...