A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

This video explores how scientists determine the ages of planets and which worlds formed first, based on planetary formation, ...

Eight planets, hundreds of moons, hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and billions of comets orbiting our Sun make up our Solar System. And not once has a single black hole disturbed our planetary ...

Every once in a while, the mechanics of our solar system grant Earth and its residents a better-than-average view, as is the ...

The first few exoplanets were discovered in the early 1990s. But it wasn’t until the early 2000s, when astronomers began carrying out large-scale, long-term surveys of other stars, that we started to ...

A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.

Every once in a while, the outer solar system reminds us that we've only discovered a negligible portion of it, and that the vast majority is still full of surprises. The latest example of this is a ...

You've heard of the Big Bang, but have you heard of this BIG BANGER from Horrible Science? Sing along for the rest of time to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Have you ever wondered if there is life on another planet? Exoplanets may hold the key to this question. They’re planets that orbit stars beyond ...

Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian opera singer, previously sang the song during his final public performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin. Because of his health issues, the song ...

Prolific author Bill Bryson thought he was finished. The universe had other plans.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has GRRM talking about finishing Game of Thrones again. Why wait, when you could just read his terrific debut novel?