Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...
BBC Sky at Night Magazine on MSN

Mercury is shrinking faster than expected. Here's how the planet has pulled the wool over our eyes for over 50 years

The closest planet to the Sun is shrinking at an alarming rate ...

Venus May Have Once Had a Moon That Eventually Crashed Into the Planet, Study Suggests

Researchers are exploring a theory that the planet “devoured” its moon ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mercury Has Wrinkles That Show It’s Shrinking. Now, Scientists Say the Planet Has Shriveled Far More Than Previously Thought

A new study suggests that our solar system’s smallest planet has shrunk by up to 30 percent since its birth roughly 4.5 ...

New ‘Baby’ Planet, Less Than 1 Million Years Old, Breaks Four-Way Tie to Claim Title of Youngest Known Planet: ‘This Is Just the Beginning’

The exoplanet, known as Elias 2-24 b, is about the size of Jupiter — and it’s still forming ...

How to See Planet Saturn’s Rings in the Sky This Week

Saturn’s rings are beginning to show themselves again since 2025, so consider this all the more reason to head outside ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After an Eight-Year Journey, Two Spacecraft Have Begun Their Arrival to Mercury, the Inner Solar System’s Most Mysterious Planet

The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study our smallest planetary neighbor ...
Science Daily

Astronomers just found the youngest known planet ever

Astronomers have confirmed a Jupiter-size planet less than a million years old, making Elias 2-24 b the youngest known planet and giving scientists a rare look at a world still being born. Its ...