Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible

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

NASA discovers new planet ‘remarkably similar to Earth’

In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though you'd need to wrap up warm if you ever visited.
Scientific American

‘Inside-out’ planetary system perplexes astronomers

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

Inside Earth’s first planetary defense system against killer asteroids

For the first time in its history, humanity is assembling a coordinated system to find, track, and deflect asteroids that ...

Hubble Telescope Spots Strange, Massive Disk 40 Times the Size of Our Solar System

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

Beyond Earth: NASA spots aurora lights on other planets of solar system

Auroras are not just on Earth. NASA has detected glowing northern and southern lights on Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and other ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Say That Jupiter—the Solar System’s Largest Planet—Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...

NASA’s Juno mission reveals Jupiter is smaller and more 'squashed' than previously estimated

NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...
Gothamist

Planets will fill the February sky, and there's a moon-mission launch you can watch inside

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...