What would it take for Jupiter to ignite and become our second sun? What if Jupiter gained just a little bit more mass during ...

Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system, towering nearly three times higher than Mount Everest.

Protoplanetary disks are the birthplaces of planets, but few discoveries have stretched scientific expectations like IRAS ...

How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth.

Saturn reigns supreme when it comes to the number of moons orbiting any solar system planet. Including the 128 ...

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

In a new study, scientists used advanced computer models to peer beneath Jupiter's dense swirling cloud tops and tackle a ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...