China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions ...

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Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

A rare alignment of two exoplanets with their star, marking one of the few known exosyzygies, an astronomical event involving ...

Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of researchers has been able to pinpoint the exact moment when planets began to form ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus. When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid ...

Astronomers have discovered more than 300 exoplanetary systems that have three or more known planets. Most of these planets are about the same size and spaced close together, earning them the moniker ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...