A rare astronomical event will see seven planets align in the night sky on 28 February, marking the last such occurrence for ...

Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...

Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent ...

For the first time astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

In that scenario, the colliding material was regarded as a strengthless ... Pluto would have raised the temperature of the the dwarf planet’s ice shell, which may have caused it to melt and ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare treat this month when six planets will "align" in the night sky for an eye-catching planet parade. Planets always appear along a line known as the ecliptic ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Planets are formed when dust and rock in a disk around a young star collide and combine to form ever larger bodies. This so-called accretion is not yet fully understood. Astrophysicists at the ...