In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...

Since the Kepler Space Telescope began its prowl for exoplanets in 2009, it has uncovered a strange pattern among these alien ...

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.

Astronomers have recently uncovered a remarkable planetary system around the faint orange star WASP-132, featuring two exoplanets that couldn’t be more different. One is a rocky world that completes ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Astronomers at Princeton University have uncovered evidence that the outer solar system is more structured than long believed ...

NASA's Kepler mission has found the first multi-planet solar system orbiting a binary star, characterized in large part by University of Texas at Austin astronomers using two telescopes at the ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — Except for the fact that we call it home, for centuries astronomers didn’t have any particular reason to believe that our solar system was anything special in the universe. But, ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

Far beyond Neptune, something heavy appears to be tugging on the outer solar system, bending the paths of distant icy worlds ...