A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic ...

Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS ...

A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...

“It’s all I ever wanted to do,” said Connolly, founding chair and professor in the Department of Geology within the School of Earth & Environment and a research associate in the Department of Earth ...

Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.

A planet parade is basically the nickname given when the planets in our solar system appear to line up in a roughly straight line from the Earth’s perspective. Just after sunset on 28 February, six of ...

The Panel on Small Solar System Bodies is one of six panels providing topical input to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey Steering Group. This panel will discuss the role played by ...

This study is based on work supported by Contract No. NNH17CB02B/NNH17CB01T with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Grant No. 2040016 with the National Science Foundation. Any ...