Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and ... common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

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The idea that our Solar System is representative of other solar systems hasn't survived the age of exoplanet discovery.

MORE: Exoplanet discovered in 2020 has the coldest ... have been working together to investigate distant objects in our solar system for more than a year and a half. The two bring very different ...

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

Jupiter may have once been more than twice its current size, with a magnetic field 50 times stronger, say scientists who ...

also confirm it is the coldest exoplanet to date, which could pave the way for the first detailed atmospheric studies of gas giant exoplanets and help us contextualize our solar system on a cosmic ...