A tiny star with a giant planet is further muddling astronomers' notion of what a planet is. The planet is one of perhaps only two or three planets around other stars to be photographed directly, but ...

As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations of young exoplanets with older ones could reveal vital clues about how ...

A team of astronomers observed a confused exoplanet orbiting its two parent stars in a highly unusual way. As New Scientist reports, the planet, which was first discovered in 2004, is located in a ...

A sudden flash of light in 2020 caught the attention of astronomers scanning the sky. That brief signal, spotted by Caltech’s Zwicky Transient Facility, came from deep within the Milky Way, roughly 12 ...