Scientists may finally have an answer for why the ferocious jet streams on the solar system’s giant planets blow in opposite ...

Aging stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL and ...

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What happens to planets as their stars age and come closer to death? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

A recent astronomical discovery has shaken long-held beliefs about how planets form. For decades, scientists thought that stars much smaller than our Sun couldn't form giant planets. That theory just ...

Lick Observatory’s Automated Planet Finder (above) and Shane Telescope (below) were used in the California Legacy Survey to conduct an exoplanet census. (Photos by Laurie Hatch) In the neighborhood ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our solar system contains three types of planets. Between the four ...

Artwork depicting the exoplanet TOI-6894b around a red dwarf star. This planet is unusual because, given the size/mass of the planet relative to the very low mass of the star, this planet should not ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...