Forty years ago, Voyager 2 flew past Uranus and observed radiation levels that defied explanation. Now, scientists may ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

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Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

One hundred light years away, a handful of planets are circling a star in the same configuration as when they formed. By Katrina Miller Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright star ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...

Oklahomans, along with thousands of Americans, have gazed at the sky this year for several celestial shows, including the solar eclipse, the "pink moon" even the Northern Lights. In two weeks, another ...