Scientists spotted a piece of rock following planet Earth earlier this year, but older photos show it's actually been ...
A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...
Two decently bright comets that share a superficial resemblance are gracing our skies right now, in fact: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) ...
The vast majority of exoplanets that have been discovered are within star systems broadly similar to our solar system: one (or sometimes two or more) stars at the center, with planets orbiting at a ...
An ALMA telescope image shows two potential exoplanet bodies that appear to orbit a star on the same orbit. Credit: ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / Balsalobre-Ruza et al. Astronomers think they've found ...
The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced it into a spherical shape, and has cleared away other objects ...
In a real-life twist on Star Wars' Tatooine—a harsh desert planet with twin suns and a criminal underbelly—astronomers have found a bizarre new world that orbits two stars at a perfect right angle.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. They said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this ...