The move, if successful, could mean that our own solar system actually has more than 100 planets in it.
The significant haul of new worlds includes a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' with a rocky surface.
Known as Lucy and Psyche, the new spacecraft will be studying two relics of the early solar system.
Astronomers have observed strong winds and changing cloud cover on an alien planet for the first time.
Extrasolar planets may not be the only place where it is possible to find signs of extraterrestrial life.
Two young boys in Pakistan literally 'power down' after the sun sets and can only move during the day.
A large planet lurking in the outer solar system could be causing the sun's rotational axis to tilt.
This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
Scientists believe that a nearby extrasolar planet is 'likely' to be capable of supporting alien life.
The discovery of an Earth-like world around Proxima Centauri has spurred on efforts to send a probe there.
Scientists have allegedly discovered a potentially habitable planet within a neighboring star system.
A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
The aircraft, which is powered entirely by the sun, has succeeded in flying around the entire world.
Scientists have identified two distant worlds which could be ideal places to look for alien life.
Astronomers have identified a previously unknown dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system.
The newly discovered exoplanet experiences days lasting up to 140 Earth-years thanks to its trio of suns.
A 470 million-year-old meteorite has turned out to be quite unlike any that have been found before.
A Cambridge scientist maintains that there may be far more planets in the solar system than we realize.
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet in a distant binary star system.
Despite being comparable in size to Pluto and Eris, this enigmatic world has yet to even be given a name.