A newly discovered exoplanet has to take the crown for the weirdest world we've ever spotted out there in the Milky Way galaxy. It's called PSR J2322-2650b, and everything about it is absolutely loony ...

Meet PSR J2322-2650b, the lemon world The newly scrutinized planet, PSR J2322-2650b, orbits a compact stellar corpse known as a pulsar and is so distorted by gravity that its bulk resembles a lemon ...

No known process explains how such a carbon-heavy planet as PSR J2322-2650 b could form, according to new research. - NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration Astronomers have found a strange ...

We are discovering new celestial objects at a rapid pace. The extraordinary is becoming that much easier to understand, thanks in no small part to astronomers from NASA and their game-changing space ...

Surprised astronomers just discovered a world that blurs the line between planet and stellar remnant, hiding in a system known as a “black widow.” “This was an absolute surprise,” said study co-author ...

Every time a new planet is discovered, there is reason to celebrate. That's understandable, seeing how from the potential billions of them, we only know for sure some 6,000 exist. That being said, we ...

From hot volcanic springs where the water is nearly boiling acid, a University of Virginia researcher and his colleagues have discovered how lemon-shaped viruses got their form. And that discovery ...