Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...