Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse populations of baby ...

Though long theorized to exist, the first exoplanet was detected in 1991. Since then, their known diversity has increased exponentially.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a rare alien world that sits in a cosmic “sweet spot” between scorching hot Jupiters and frozen gas giants like Saturn.

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant.

The rotation of a protoplanetary disk (a disk where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the emissions from the dust grains within it. The disk in ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of magnetic worlds beyond the solar system, representing a major step forward ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, astronomers claim they have directly measured the magnetic fields of multiple planets ...

Astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence that exoplanets beyond our solar system can generate magnetic fields, similar ...

This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet that is a gas giant like Jupiter but orbits very close to its host ...

Astronomers have detected the first repeating daily weather cycle on a planet outside our solar system, a gas giant roughly ...

A team led by astronomer Julia Seidel used wind speed data from seven ultra-hot Jupiters to produce the first direct ...