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

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

Astronomers say a newly discovered solar system about 116 light years from Earth is challenging long held ideas about how planets form.According to CNN, researchers using telescopes from NASA ...

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...

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

This weekend, six planets are set to share the sky in a rare “planet parade,” giving stargazers a short but magical window to ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

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

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA, which store ...