Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet ...

The planet formed 50 million years after the dinosaurs died, making it incredibly young in cosmic terms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star ...

A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they formed ...

Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar system—and it's an absolute giant. Reading time 3 minutes In September, NASA ...

In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to describe data that could be interpreted multiple ways. In some cases, that ...