Thanks to the success of the Kepler mission, we know that there are multitudes of exoplanets of a type called…
Imagine a planet where it rained iron. Sounds impossible. But on one distant exoplanet, which is tidally locked to its…
The CHEOPS spacecraft is taking the first tentative steps in its mission. Back on January 29th, the spacecraft opened the…
How can two planets so similar in some respects have such different densities? According to a new study, a catastrophic…
They say there's more than one way to skin an interstellar cat, and in astronomy there's more than one way…
What exactly is a "normal" solar system? If we thought we had some idea in the past, we definitely don't…
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, the gas giant KELT-9b is so hot that its…
A study led by researchers from the ESO has discovered an extremely hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet that has titanium oxide in…
In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets - also known as Jovians. And beyond our…
Hot young stars are wildly active, emitting huge eruptions of charged particles form their surfaces. But as they age they…