Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

Astronomers observe for the first time the actual motion of spirals in a protoplanetary disk, revealing gravitational ...

Planets turn retrograde when they appear to be moving backwards from our vantage point on Earth. When a particular planet goes retrograde, the themes of that planet will be impacted. Retrogrades get a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

Scientists suggest that dry ice on Mars may move and burrow beneath the surface, creating patterns similar to sandworms from Dune and shedding light on the planet’s changing landscape.

Astronomers gazing upon a star system not too far from Earth were recently treated to a marvelous discovery: a group of six planets moving around a sun-like star in a seemingly perfect cosmic dance ...

Scientists have discovered a rare sight in a nearby star system: Six planets orbiting their central star in a rhythmic beat. The planets move in an orbital waltz that repeats itself so precisely it ...

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This image provided by NASA shows an artist’s illustration of the Tess telescope. Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright nearby star in perfect rhythmic harmony. They say it's a ...