Researchers from Nagoya City University, Tohoku University, and other institutions have used numerical simulations to ...

Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

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

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

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

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest and most intriguing rocks on the Red Planet.

Astronomers have discovered that the Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, was once so big that it could have held ...

Once thought to be a barren, rocky body, known as Ceres, it is now revealing itself as something far more interesting, in the ...