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There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

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The 24th annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery featured interactive booths and workshops highlighting space ...

Astronomers have been actively hunting for a ninth planet in the solar system for almost a decade. But a new study has ...

Siraj’s Planet Y search started about a year ago when he was trying to find out whether the shape of the Kuiper Belt is flat. “The planets of the solar system have slight tilts up and down, but ...

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Since 1982, over 1 million participants have graduated from this program. What is this program? Space Camp! It is a camp for kids from all over the world, at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, ...

Since astronomers found the first planets outside our solar system in 1992 and the first planet around a sunlike star in 1995, scientists have sought the telltale glimmers, flickers and wobbles that ...

Indoor play areas are more than a rising entertainment trend. Soft Play has been changing neighborhoods for the better with ...