Astronomers have long wondered why planets orbiting two stars like the iconic Tatooine in Star Wars are so rare. You would ...

New research suggests Einstein's general relativity explains the rarity of planets orbiting two suns. In tight binary systems ...

The discovery overturns traditional models that predicted gas giants in outer orbits and suggests planets can form in gas-poor environments.

Gas giants are massive worlds made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They lack solid surfaces, and in our solar system, Jupiter ...

SHOCKED astronomers have spotted a “rogue” planet that defies historic theories. A unique “inside out” planetary system ...

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Planet 9 sits at the edge of scientific imagination, promising either an epic expansion of the Solar System or a lesson in how easily patterns can mislead us. As new data arrive and old assumptions ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet?