The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

But that’s nothing compared with PSR J2322-2650b, an object the mass of Jupiter studied recently by the James Webb Space ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve ...

Astronomers have been treated to a stunning fireworks display from around a young star called The events, detected in 2004 ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet with extreme heat and a carbon-rich atmosphere, leaving experts unsure how it even formed.

A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed ...

The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

Years ago, astronomers believed they had found a planet forming around a nearby star called Fomalhaut. This was very exciting ...