Six planets are lining up in a row from our Earthly view of the cosmos, in a spectacle that'll be visible in January through to February.

This runaway growth led to the formation of the gas and ice giants in the outer solar system. This first-order model of planetary growth in the solar nebula is mainly driven by temperature and ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, signifies growth, luck, and higher learning in astrology. Its placement in a ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...