A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Uranus is the strangest planet in the solar system when it comes to rotation, spinning almost completely on its side. Scientists believe something massive happened early in its history, possibly a ...

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