However, the number of such planets observed is significantly lower than expected, creating what is known as the 'hot Neptune desert'. To unravel this mystery, the ATREIDES team turned their attention ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There are currently more than 5,800 known planets beyond the solar system. Artist Martin Vargic ...

Today, let's talk about something truly astonishing in the universe! Recent research suggests that the "habitable zone" in the Milky Way has expanded, with up to 100 million planets potentially ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

This is a question that human beings have wondered about for thousands of years. Here’s how the ancient Greek mathematician Metrodorus (400-350 B.C.) put it: A universe where Earth is “the only world, ...

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical? Technically, planets are round, by definition; they need to have enough ...

Brown dwarfs, between about 13-80 Jupiter masses, will fuse deuterium+deuterium into helium-3 or tritium, remaining at the same approximate size as Jupiter but achieving much greater masses. If a star ...