An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers ...

A team of astronomers has identified a four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that defies conventional expectations about how planets arrange themselves around their host stars. The ...

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 ...

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...

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

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

A small red dwarf star in the Milky Way has drawn attention after astronomers mapped four closely orbiting planets around it. The system, known as LHS.

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...