This discovery marks the first known case of a compact planetary system with such a noticeable tilt between close planet ...

But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the ...

Our universe is full of strange and inhospitable worlds, many of which are so terrifying, they would be a nightmare for any ...

After the first planet was found, the race was on to discover more. After the year 2000, a series of ground-based telescope networks began to emerge, designed to search systematically for more ...

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Strange planet with a backward, cucumber-shape orbit is turning into another kind of world. Ashley Strickland, CNN. July 17, 2024 at 4:05 PM. Copied; NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva.