Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be possible. Around the small star LHS 1903, a dense rocky world orbits on ...

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

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

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

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.

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.