For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

A bizarre, ultra-light planet is cloaked in such a thick haze that even JWST can’t reveal its composition. Its unusual size and orbit are forcing scientists to rethink how planets form.

Scientists discover a nearby planet with a molten interior and sulfur-rich atmosphere, L 98-59 d, revealing a possible new ...

A hazy, ultra-light “super-puff” planet, Kepler-51d, is hiding its secrets and challenging how scientists understand planet formation.

How can scientists use spin as a fossil record for planetary evolution? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal ho | Space ...

Spin separates giant planets from 'failed stars' Clearest evidence yet that giant planets spin faster than their cosmic lookalikes. (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have ...

For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive than planets but too small ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

Astronomers have taken a closer look at one of the strangest planets ever discovered, and it is raising more questions than ...

Astronomers have confirmed a new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a nearby M dwarf star, detected by NASA’s Transiting ...

The birth of massive stars involves gravity, turbulence, and stellar feedback, all of which influence the flow of matter. Find out more here: ...