Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

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Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.

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A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

Diamond rain falls on ice giants Uranus and Neptune, where intense pressure and heat transform methane into crystallizing diamonds. Scientists recreat ...

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Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...