"We found an overdensity of planets in this region, indicating a sharp transition between the barren Neptunian Desert and the more populated Neptunian Savanna." ...

A new study suggests that the Sun may have had a close encounter with another star, explaining the unusual orbits of objects ...

Starstruck Billions of years ago, our Solar System may have had an incredibly close encounter with another passing star. As ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be key to discovering a ninth planet in our Solar System that has so far remained in ...

Of the eight planets in the Solar System, half have rings of dust and ice ... giant planets in our Solar System have rings, and if centaurs (asteroids beyond Jupiter's orbit) and trans-Neptunian ...

The gas giant is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined, according to NASA. Its swirling clouds are colorful due to different types of trace gases including ammonia ice ...

"If giant planets in our Solar System have rings, and if centaurs (asteroids beyond Jupiter's orbit) and trans-Neptunian objects also have them ... The E ring of Saturn, created from material spewed ...

Astronomers have uncovered the "Neptunian Ridge," a newly identified feature in the distribution of exoplanets. This ...

Astronomers have uncovered the "Neptunian Ridge," a newly identified feature in the distribution of exoplanets. This discovery, led by an international team including members of the University of ...