Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.
In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...
Lurking further from its stars than Neptune is from the Sun, this is no inner planet, but it’s on a scale we recognize, ...
A newly discovered dwarf planet could hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of our solar system’s outer reaches — but what could it mean for humanity's future in space? As shutdown becomes 2nd ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have found yet another planet that seems to have just the right Goldilocks combination for life: Not so hot and not so cold. It’s not so far away, either. This new, big, ...
Astronomers observed a rogue planet devouring gas and dust at six billion tonnes per second, the fastest growth ever recorded for any planet. (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have identified an enormous ...