The planetary system, located 120 light-years away, features four worlds orbiting a red dwarf star and challenges classical formation schemes.

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

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

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

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...