Astronomers are increasingly finding planets that do not simply circle their stars in neat, clockwork ellipses but instead trace out paths that look more like intricate choreography. The latest ...

In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, explain our readers ...

Astronomers have long faced a strange contradiction: most stars are born in pairs, and ...

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 climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of ...

Far beyond Neptune lies a vast and unsettling frontier filled with dwarf planets, ancient ice worlds, collapsing atmospheres, ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

Over the next several nights in the Philadelphia region, through its peak on Friday, we will have the opportunity to see all seven of our sister planets simultaneously and in a straight line, parading ...

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months.

Southwest Research Institute scientists propose a new model for the formation of compact exoplanetary systems that contain multiple rocky planets in tight orbits around their star. In this model, ...