New observations of "forbidden" planet TOI5205-b reveal surprising details about it its atmospheric chemistry.

Space is full of mysteries that can't be easily explained by the layman, and this latest one from a isn't likely to sour anyone on their fascination with space. Scientists from several institutions, ...

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is proving itself to be a prolific planet hunter. Within just the first four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planetary candidates. Of those ...

The classical picture of star and planet formation suggests that a star’s rotational axis and the orbital planes of its planets should be aligned. However, exoplanetary systems have considerable ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have discovered a distant protoplanet still in the ...

Astronomers have uncovered a rare exoplanet, HD 143811 AB b, that orbits two parent stars, mirroring the twin-sun system of Tatooine from Star Wars. This planet, however, presents an intriguing ...

In theory, it could happen – one of the very first solutions to the three-body problem was this scenario. But it is very unlikely to be stable over time. You need the stars to have near equal mass and ...