A team of astronomers has identified a four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that defies conventional ...
Beyond Pluto lies a collection of frozen worlds that challenge traditional ideas of what planets should be. This episode ...
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Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.
A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
After studying thousands of computer simulations of the solar system, researchers at Rice University and the Planetary Science Institute think there’s a 40% chance an elusive “Planet Nine” or “Planet ...
A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...
The system, observed using the European Space Agency's Cheops space telescope, consists of four planets — two rocky and two ...