Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that defies the conventional understanding of planetary formation in binary ...

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

Scientists using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered an exoplanet, which NASA defines as “any ...

It’s a yellow dwarf in the making like the sun ... into the gas disk around the baby star and detected solid specks condensing — signs of early planet formation. A gap in the outer part of the disk ...

What can planets orbiting red dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recently ...

A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a rare, retrograde-orbiting planet in a tight binary star system. Most stars throughout the Universe are part of binary or multiple star systems. In these ...

Astronomers have discovered a bright signal, embedded deep in a young disc, that is likely young planet HD 135344B still ...

More information: Rachel B Fernandes et al, Searching for GEMS: Confirmation of TOI-5573b, a Cool, Saturn-like Planet Orbiting An M-dwarf, arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2505.08947 ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

It's a yellow dwarf in the making like the sun, yet much younger at 100,000 to 200,000 years old and some 1,370 light-years away. A single light-year is 6 trillion miles.