Astrophysicists speculate that some exoplanets discovered around carbon-rich stars could be carbide planets rather than silicate worlds.

The inner planets are rocky worlds that formed close to the Sun.

During the conference, researchers presented new models predicting atmospheres of distant carbon planets.

Giant planets shape the distribution of small bodies in their systems through strong gravitational interactions.

Scientists are debating whether silicon planets could host life in environments very different from Earth's.

Scientists have found new storms forming on the outer planets.

Scientists are debating how life could arise on interstellar planets that drift through the dark regions between stars.

Scientists now speculate that some distant exoplanets might actually be diamond planets, glittering in the light of their stars.

Renaissance astronomers used the motions of the classical planets to build early models of the solar system.

Astronomers discovered several new minor planets orbiting beyond Neptune.