Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be ...

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...

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