Planets

Oldest stars are planet killers—new study shows aging stars destroy close-orbiting gas giants through tidal forces, with destruction rates increasing...

The 'anti-weather' of Venus revealed through new modeling—diurnal wind cycles and dust transport differ dramatically between highlands, lowlands, and polar...

Astronomers spot a white dwarf still actively consuming planetary remnants 3 billion years after stellar death, revealing delayed planetary system...

Scientists detected 2 newborn black holes crying through gravitational waves from mergers GW241011 and GW241110, revealing second-generation hierarchical formation. Scientists...

Bizarre three-planet system TOI-2267 hosts Earth-sized planets around both binary stars, challenging planet formation theories in compact stellar configurations. A...

Exoplanets: In a groundbreaking announcement, NASA has confirmed the discovery of over 6,000 exoplanets—planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system....

Rogue Planets. Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have made a discovery that challenges our understanding of...

Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed a forming planet embedded in a spiral arm of a distant star’s...

For the first time, astronomers believe they've caught a planet forming in real time. Around a young star known as...

For years, scientists thought that clouds on distant planets might block our view of alien life. Now, a new study...