The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
Key takeawaysPlanets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would ...
Astronomers have recently unveiled an extraordinary discovery in the cosmos: a new exoplanet named Enaiposha, located 47 light-years from our solar system. Initially thought to be a mini-Neptune, this ...
All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...
The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.
Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...
Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...
Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only ...
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.