The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

Astronomers have spent the past decade cataloguing thousands of planets beyond the solar system, many of them falling into a ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual form is believed to shape the magnetic fields of ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...

Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. by The Associated Press and KOMO News Staff SEATTLE — While the winter and early parts of spring are not ...