Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three ...

Thomas says this goes for all outer planets: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. “Jupiter and Saturn are the only outer planets that the ancients were aware of in previous times,” explains Thomas.

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, including an ultra-short period planet with one of the highest densities ...

The stars may not be aligning on Friday night, but seven planets in our solar system just may be. For weeks, outer space enthusiasts have been gearing up for a planetary alignment, or "planetary ...

For the maneuver to work, he needed to know where the outer planets would be at any given moment, so he started by graphing their positions in the solar system over time. To his surprise ...

The Outer Worlds 2 could bring more planets to explore, making the sequel bigger and more exciting. However, more planets could detract from the detailed world design that makes The Outer Worlds ...

Social planets Jupiter and Saturn oversee growth and discipline, and outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto impact innovation and transformation. Astrology, a timeless system of celestial ...

And the planet’s moons are even more mysterious ... our century-long fear and desire to make contact with life from outer space, it does so with a winking acknowledgement of how much this ...