An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...

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A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

Six planets will line up in a rare "planetary parade" this month - but spotting them all won't be easy.

We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting ...

Artist impression of the planetary system with four planets,around a small red star,called LHS1903. Caption: Astronomers have long thought solar systems follow a simple pattern similar to our own: ...

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

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Many of the most interesting bodies in our Solar System aren’t planets, but the moons that orbit them. They have active volcanoes, hydrocarbon oceans, geysers, and moon-wide oceans buried under icy ...

Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...