The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomyhas provided compelling evidence for a frozen ocean world on the dwarf planet ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense ...

The system ʋ Octantis (pronounced nu Octantis) should be hostile to planets. It contains a sub-giant star 57 percent heavier than our Sun and a white dwarf about 43 percent lighter.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...