There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for ...

York University planetary scientist Dr. Charles-Édouard Boukaré discusses molten rocky exoplanets: rocky planets so close to ...

The record-breaking event is providing insight into how these strange objects form.

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old. Venus is the hottest planet due to a runaway greenhouse effect. Elliptical galaxies are the most common type. Stars produce energy through nuclear fusion.

The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings. The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern ...

The growth spurt hints that the free-floating object evolves like a star, providing clues about rogue planets’ mysterious origins.

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record ...

For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...