To receive the same amount of starlight as Mars receives from our sun, a planet orbiting an M-type red dwarf would have to be positioned much closer to its star than Mercury is to the sun. Disclaimer: ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner solar system. New research from Rice University reveals that Jupiter played a ...

The orbiter, which is part of the nation's ongoing Tianwen 1 mission for Mars exploration, took the images of the comet, coded 3I/ATLAS, on Oct 3 as it whizzed past the Red Planet. It is the third ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find, announced ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...