Planet News
An Earth-like Planet Only 16 Light Years Away?
A new paper concludes that a super-Earth size planet may reside in the habitable zone of a star only 16…
Mysterious Pull On Cassini Probe May Help Find Planet Nine
Small perturbations in the orbit of the Cassini probe provide further evidence for the existence of Planet Nine.
Kuiper Belt Objects Point The Way To Planet 9
A new study from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has indicated that the extreme eccentricity of distant KBOs could point…
India’s MOM Publishes Amazing Mars Images
Science—like literature and the arts—helps nations cooperate together, even when they're in conflict politically. The USA and Russia are in…
Search Narrows For Planet Nine
US astronomers announced last month they may have found a ninth planet beyond Neptune, but conceded they had no idea…
First Super-Earth Atmosphere Detected
Exotic "Diamond Planet" gets even more exotic with the discovery of a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
Saturn’s Rings Continue to Surprise Scientists
If you try to apply simple common sense to how Saturn's rings really work you're going to be sorely mistaken:…
Astronomers Find Theoretical Evidence for Distant Gas Giant Planet in Our Solar System
The astronomer known worldwide for vigorously promoting the demotion of Pluto from its decades long perch as the 9th Planet,…
New Dwarf Planet is Most Distant Object Yet Observed in our Solar System
It has been estimated that there may be hundreds of dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud of…
A New “Mathematical” Definition Proposed for What Constitutes a Planet
In the current (heated) debate of what constitutes a planet, it seems everyone can agree at least one thing: The…