Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...

For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare ...

Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star, one of our closest stellar neighbours.

Our grade school understanding of the Solar System may not take into account the constant discoveries being made in our ...