A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

Deep in the older, denser reaches of the Milky Way, there is a red dwarf star that shouldn’t exist — or at least, its family ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...

A small red dwarf star in the Milky Way has drawn attention after astronomers mapped four closely orbiting planets around it. The system, known as LHS.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs, ...

The universe is always moving. While we've found evidence of rogue black holes and planets, new research suggests that a passing star could be out there somewhere. Unfortunately, If it were to swing ...

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...