Journey beyond the asteroid belt to explore the solar system's majestic giants and mysterious outer reaches. We break down ...

For decades, Pluto was our solar system's ninth planet. This video explains the scientific journey that led to its ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.

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Researchers have uncovered evidence that Uranus and Neptune could be far rockier on the inside than anyone expected.

Astronomers have created a groundbreaking discovery of images showing debris disks in an extensive range of exoplanetary ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Walking into a classroom today is like stepping into a parallel universe, because so many things that once sounded rock solid ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...