"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

In this latest data mining, scientists unexpectedly discovered two planets with extremely unusual orbits, whose trajectories differ dramatically from the known patterns of planetary orbits. In our ...

James Webb Telescope Discovers Strange Planet with Carbon Atmosphere Surrounding a Pulsar!

A young star’s disk shows unexpectedly high CO₂ and little water. The result questions standard theories of planet formation.

Our Solar System contains eight planets (sorry, Pluto) orbiting around the Sun. But while all planets are important members of the club, if we’re being honest, we know there’s a crown jewel of our ...

Scientists now hope that future ALMA observations will provide even more evidence—and perhaps direct hints—of the mysterious ...

A strange 200 million-year-old object with the mass of a planet has been discovered 20 light-years from Earth, outside our solar system. The "rogue," as it's referred to by researchers, is producing ...

Astronomers recently found a massive planet, LHS 3154b, that’s over 13 times heavier than Earth, and it’s puzzling scientists. It orbits a small, dim red star, which shouldn't have enough material to ...