A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Today (Feb. 17), an annular solar eclipse will commence its journey across a remote region of Antarctica where it will be visible to more penguins than people. The partial solar eclipse portion of the ...
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
An annular eclipse swept over a remote corridor of Antarctica on Feb. 17.
Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...
Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS ...
The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known ...
WASHINGTON – Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its gaseous neighbors, possibly after ...
Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with ...
A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.