An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected. The ...

Scientists have discovered salt clouds surrounding the notable "Pink Planet." The vibrant colored planet is one of the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. An image from SOHO's LASCO C3 coronograph from Jan. 14, 2026. Although it’s extremely ...

What can “cotton candy” exoplanets teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hopes to ...

A remarkable planetary system detected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is challenging established ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has two planets that orbit their star in a unique style, like an old-fashioned ...

What can a planet being larger than its star teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of ...

Two "super-puff" planets lighter than cotton candy have been discovered by scientists. They are among the lowest-density giant planets ever detected, according to a new study. The two planets, named ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre planetary system where a rocky world orbits farther out than giant gas planets, defying long-standing theories of planet formation. The finding hints that some ...

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover a planetary system that turns our understanding of planet formation upside ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual form is believed to shape the magnetic fields of ...