Some scientists think they discovered a new dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25 ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomy has confirmed a groundbreaking hypothesis about Pluto’s atmospheric conditions, ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the field of exoplanet research is forcing scientists to reconsider long-held theories about ...

The giant planet, named TOI-6894b, was spotted using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. The work was led ...

Scientists' best explanation for how planets form is called the core accretion theory. The birth of a planetary system begins ...

A small red dwarf star is challenging our knowledge of how planets form by coexisting with a massive exoplanet, much like a ...

Astronomers have found that planet mass is about 17% of the mass of Jupiter, or about 53 times the mass of the Earth. The ...

On World Environment Day today, two city-based naturalists separated by half a century share their experiences, and hopes for ...

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic ...

The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form. The star is only about a fifth the mass of the sun. Stars this size should host small planets akin to Earth and Mars under the leading ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star.

The host star, TOI-6894, is a red dwarf with only 20% the mass of the Sun, typical of the most common stars in our galaxy.