Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into alignment with Earth and ...

A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as ...

We have discovered thousands of exoplanets in the last few decades, while the number of planets in the Solar System has ...

Scientists detected the planet, designated TOI-3261 b, using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS ). This ...

Over the last ten years, OPAL has observed Uranus' northern hemisphere, which has faced the inner solar system for the ...

Explore the world of exoplanets—distant planets that captivate scientists. Visit ExtremeTech to learn what makes them so ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

and it was only discovered in 1846 after calculations of Uranus's orbit suggested there was an as-yet unknown planet affecting it gravitationally. Since then, the planet has only been visited once by ...

A study with the James Webb Space Telescope led by astronomer Noemí Pinilla-Alonso clarifies the characteristics of the ...

Kuiper Belt, well past the orbit of Neptune (artistic illustration). There may be an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system whose presence is revealed by the strange orbit of objects beyond ...

We have discovered thousands of exoplanets in the last few decades, while the number of planets in the Solar System has remained at eight – but our discovery of more might not yet be over.