planets

The strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesised by some astronomers to be shaped by an unknown ninth...

An international team of astronomers has detected titanium oxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time. The results , reported in the...

After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto, and of the University of Cambridge...

The most detailed map of a small, rocky ‘super Earth’ to date reveals a planet almost completely covered by lava, with a molten ‘hot’ side and solid...

Astronomers have discovered a disc of planetary debris surrounding a young sun-like star that shares remarkable similarities with the Kuiper Belt...

Hidden magnetic messages contained within ancient meteorites are providing a unique window into the processes that shaped our solar system, and may...

Astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have detected massive debris discs around two nearby stars hosting low-mass planets. The discovery...

The Earth could be up to 70 million years younger than scientists previously thought, a study has found.