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

We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting ...

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

Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS 1903 is an ancient star, around seven billion years old, and only has about ...

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

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 ...

Astronomers have spotted an unusual 'inside-out' planetary system where a rocky world seems to have formed far beyond the realm typically reserved for gas giants.

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...

The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...