"Uranus's magnetosphere is one of the strangest in the solar system," Paola Tiranti, a researcher at Northumbria University ...

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

LHS 1903 flips rock and gas on their heads, hinting that late-born planets can rewrite the rules around common red dwarfs for now.

Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that ...

The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

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 ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

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