Physicists now believe that a large planetary embryo collided with the gas giant in the distant past.
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a large, potentially habitable world in a nearby solar system.
Growing crops on the Red Planet would undoubtedly go a long way towards building a sustainable human colony.
The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms.
Astronomers have found a planet with an atmosphere in a region that was thought to be hostile to such worlds.
Scientists have determined the origins of a peculiar hum that seemed to encircle the entire planet back in 2018.
The enigmatic dwarf planet has been throwing up no shortage of surprises over the last few years.
The space agency's InSight lander has successfully picked up a seismic event on the Red Planet.
Scientists have determined that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be capable of supporting primitive life.
A controversial experiment in China has been likened to something out of a 'Planet of the Apes' movie.
The space agency is hoping to launch its first manned mission to the Red Planet within the next 14 years.
Scientists have confirmed via ESA's Mars Express probe that Curiosity did detect methane on the Red Planet.
Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
In a new study, scientists have worked out that, on average, Mercury is actually closer to us than Venus.
A new study has revealed that our planet's atmosphere extends further in to space than was previously believed.
Scientists have successfully identified an entirely new moon in orbit around the gas giant Neptune.
A Russian satellite has picked up mysterious 'explosions of light' in our planet's upper atmosphere.
Our planet's magnetic north pole is reportedly moving towards Siberia at a rate of 34 miles per year.