Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Earth and Mars are mysteriously low in elements like copper and zinc, which are crucial for planetary chemistry and ...

The Solar System consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity; the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, along with dwarf planets like ...

An international team of astronomers has found that super-Earth exoplanets are far more common across the universe than once ...

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

Journey back to 2015 when the Dawn spacecraft first orbited Ceres, the colossal dwarf planet in our inner solar system. Dive deep into the mysteries of this unique celestial body as we recall the ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary status until 2006, when it got a cosmic demotion that still stings space fans. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for ...