A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously unknown world may be lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system. The ...
Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.It’s about the length of eight ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.