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Scientists may soon have a new way to detect planets that are orbiting Cataclysmic Variables (CVs), also known as violent stars. One star drawing material from the other, due to the lack of distance, ...

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star—a predicament never previously observed. This exoplanet, as planets beyond our ...

Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system– whether it’s rocky Earth or massive Jupiter– are round? It’s something we rarely think about, but there’s a clear reason behind it. And ...

Since 2018, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has scoured the skies to search for strange alien worlds spread out in different parts of the universe. But, until now, it's never seen ...

Care to make a wish this holiday season? Mark your calendar for Monday, Dec. 21, when an astrological phenomenon will create the perfect wishing star. Astronomers are calling the event "The Great ...