Astronomers want to collect as much data as possible using as many systems as possible. Sometimes that requires coordination ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.

Space fans have the chance to see a rare celestial spectacle on one day this month as six planets appear visible in the night ...

Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how planets form.

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

LOS ANGELES, 14th February, 2026 (WAM) -- Astronomers tracking the movements of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak have found that it appears to have slowed its rotation, before the direction of its ...

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Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

"This strange disorder makes it a unique inside-out system," study lead author Thomas Wilson, physics professor from the University of Warwick, said in a statement. "Rocky planets don't usually form ...