A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Typically, from what astronomers have gathered thus far, star systems follow a tidy logic: small, rocky worlds huddle close to the warmth of their star, while massive gas giants bloat up in the colder ...
Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be ...
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 new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...
All of our solar system’s planets are lining up in the night sky at once this week. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known as a great ...
A scale model of the solar system, with each planet depicted in relief on individual square granite markers installed atop concrete bases embedded in the ground. Each planet bears a laser etched ...
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 ...