Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration showing Planet Nine, a hypothetical, undiscovered planet in our solar system. New research now suggests the ...

A bizarre planet defies cosmic norms: scientists have confirmed a giant planet orbiting in reverse around one star in a close binary system—an arrangement previously thought impossible. Using advanced ...

Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...

The orbits of a seven-planet system discovered in Kepler Space Telescope data has been sonified. Credit: Bishop’s University / Jason Rowe / NASA Ames Research Center ...

Astronomers have captured a rare and remarkably close view of a giant planet circling a pair of tightly bound suns, offering one of the clearest real-world echoes yet of the fictional world Tatooine.

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or ...

Astronomers have identified a giant planet circling a tiny red dwarf star at a distance so extreme that it sits about 690 times farther from its star than Earth is from the Sun. The discovery pushes ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...