Many protoplanetary disks in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large ...

Large and small planets are born from very different circumstances, according to data from NASA’s now-retired space telescope ...

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

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

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

from Mars through to distant Neptune? Then you will need a suitable telescope, one which can offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system. But which one to choose? We've got you ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

A distant exoplanet discovered, named Enaiposha, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a "super-Venus" ...

Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, are common in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ...