The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star ...

Researchers traced long, bright radio pulses, combined with X-rays, to an intriguing cosmic object 15,000 light-years from ...

A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet ...

Located 15,000 light-years away in a region of the Milky Way brimming with stars, gas and dust, this object could be a highly ...

ASKAP J1832 is part of a rare group of space objects that pulse in radio waves every few dozen minutes. What makes it stand out is that it also pulses in X-rays, as detected by NASA’s powerful. This m ...

What are brown dwarfs? They’re not planets, not quite stars, but fascinating cosmic objects in their own right. Dive into the science of these “failed stars,” their role in the universe, and how they ...

A planet twice the size of Jupiter has been confirmed in Nu Octantis. Its retrograde orbit and origin raise new questions about planetary formation in binary systems.

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

While it can be relatively easy to locate worlds that orbit close to their star, ... Apr. 18, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new coronagraph that could make it possible to see distant ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...