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

Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is ...

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Just a few weeks ago, we crossed the significant milestone of 6,000 known exoplanets. The counter keeps getting higher, and there are 8,000 more candidates waiting for confirmation. In the decades ...

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

The moon's influence is huge, both for human civilization and life as a whole. Its destruction would have catastrophic ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

On 13 May 2025, a spinning top-shaped object plummeted through Earth's atmosphere from the dizzying heights of space, coming ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...