Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

"With its high-resolution look in the infrared, we are learning valuable insights about the final fates of planetary systems, possibly including our own." What Lau's team found was a surprise: The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday ...

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a truly bizarre planet — one that orbits two stars at a perfect 90-degree angle. This “polar planet” circles a rare eclipsing pair of brown ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

Instead, it looked like a "regular" star with about 70% of the mass of our sun. This, of course, changes the story of ZTF SLRN-2020. If the planet in this system wasn't consumed by a red giant ...