Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or ...

The new exoplanet, named TOI-1408 c, is situated about 455 light-years from our solar system and orbits its star in a bizarre ...

Researchers at Lund University have identified a small planet with a highly irregular orbital path 455 light-years away, ...

"Iron Winds and Metal Rain" may be an awesome title for an album by a heavy metal band, but it's also a fairly accurate ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The search for exoplanets—worlds that orbit stars other than our sun—may be focused on discovering another Earth ...

Ditsö`, also known as WASP-17 b, orbits a star 1,300 light-years from Earth. One side of the planet is perpetually locked so ...

Researchers have identified a mysterious exoplanet exhibiting an unusual orbit that defies conventional astrophysical ...

A team of researchers led by Lund University in Sweden has discovered a small planet with unusual behavior that challenges ...

The universe has no shortage of strange exoplanets. TOI-1798 c, for example, experiences an entire year in less than half an Earth day, WASP-130 b is distorted into the shape of a rugby ball ...

Planet’s wild orbit offers clues to how such large, hot planets take shape. A team of astronomers has discovered a juvenile ...

"There are still big open questions about the nature of Jupiter's core, for example, so strange and unusual exoplanets like this give us a window into planet formation that we have no other way to ...