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

What if the insides of planets are more complicated than we thought? A new study from scientists at UCLA and Princeton ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

"We know discs are vital to forming stars and planets in our galaxy, and here, for the first time, we're seeing direct ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that ... of the host star and another beyond 5 AU, near the water snowline.

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

If you were to hop on a ship traveling at the speed of light and head out into the galaxy for ... place on Earth with water also harbors life. SEE ALSO: Seven Earth-sized planets orbit an alien ...

Now, researchers have found water on a planet that’s not our own, but it’s not on Mars, either. In fact, the planet that scientists found water on isn’t even in our solar system, and it’s ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes — planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of ...

Using advanced simulations, the researchers propose that these planets emerge from distinct ... of the host star and another beyond 5 AU, near the water snowline. The simulations tracked the ...