Scientists have identified a potential new type of planet that has a sulphurous atmosphere and magma oceans evocative of ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large ...

Traveling between planets is far more difficult than most people imagine. Even with modern rockets, journeys across the solar system take months, years, or even decades depending on planetary ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent ...

Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen before ...

That bright "star" in the west after sunset is Venus, often called the "Evening Star". It will shine brightly for most of the ...

Astronomers have spotted something unusual in a comet passing through our Solar System. 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar visitor ever s.

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching ...

We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA's CHEOPS mission ...

There is a category of planet that belongs to no star. It was thrown clear of its solar system early in the chaos of ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.