An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers ...

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Far beyond Neptune, in the frozen depths of the Kuiper Belt, many ancient objects oddly resemble giant snowmen made of ice ...

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

Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with rocky worlds bookending a pair of gas-rich planets. Around the star LHS ...

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A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

The Earth's movement is primarily directed towards the star Lambda Herculis at an approximate speed of 45,000 mph (72,000 km/h). This velocity, while significant, would require approximately 5.5 ...

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