A bizarre planet defies cosmic norms: scientists have confirmed a giant planet orbiting in reverse around one star in a close binary system—an arrangement previously thought impossible. Using advanced ...
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 ...
Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...
The orbits of a seven-planet system discovered in Kepler Space Telescope data has been sonified. Credit: Bishop’s University / Jason Rowe / NASA Ames Research Center ...
Astronomers have identified a giant planet circling a tiny red dwarf star at a distance so extreme that it sits about 690 times farther from its star than Earth is from the Sun. The discovery pushes ...
The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...