Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Combining with one other previously confirmed planet, one of our closest stellar neighbors now has a family of four.

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Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Martian dust contains hazardous substances like silica, perchlorates, nanophase iron oxides and toxic metals, which can cause severe respiratory diseases, thyroid dysfunction and cardiovascular issues ...

the solar system would have resembled a mini-version of the PDS 70 system. Astronomers at the University of Arizona imaged the extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets," using the sophisticated Magellan ...

It started as another exoplanet in a group labeled “ordinary.” No one expected that a world, once thought to be a mini-Neptune, would reveal traits of a super-Venus and change how we see certain ...

Astronomers have discovered a new planet in our solar system called ‘Enaiposha’. GJ 1214 b, nicknamed Enaiposha, is a planet discovered 47 light-years away. This extraordinary celestial body ...

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The nearest single star to the sun, Barnard’s star, has a brood of planets all its own. The red dwarf star, about six light-years from Earth, hosts four close-in planets each about two to three ...

is a cosmic youngster compared to our 4.6 billion-year-old solar system. Its planets, still radiating heat from their turbulent formation, emit substantial infrared light, providing scientists ...

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 light-years from Earth, putting them in contention as targets of missions for future human generations.