The transforming exoplanet that was observed by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt ...

A newly discovered baby exoplanet called IRAS 04125+2902 b is challenging our current understanding of planet formation.

Most of humanity’s knowledge about Uranus came from a 1986 Voyager 2 flyby on “a particularly windy day.” A new study says ...

It is believed that it might be an icy or gas planet, around seven times the size of Earth. This would make it much bigger than Pluto, which is smaller than the planets we know. Image credit ...

Planet Nine is a theory about a massive planet that could be located far beyond Neptune, as per the studies and reports ...

The planet's very existence challenges current theories, as it's difficult for planets to retain thick gaseous atmospheres so close to their stars1.

Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift ...

and that the planet started out as a much larger gas giant. It likely lost mass, however, in two ways: photoevaporation, when energy from the star causes gas particles to dissipate, and tidal ...

Forming an estimated 3 million years ago, the planet discovered by astronomers at the University of North Carolina is in its ...

In a discovery that challenges current understanding of the rate of planet formation, astronomers say it takes a newborn ...