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In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

Move over, Mars. We could be one step closer to becoming a multi-planetary species. Scientists have discovered another planet that has the potential to support human life, per a study outlined in ...

How many planets occupy the galaxy far, far away where the dark and light sides of the Force have been striving against each ...

Big Number. 4,100. That’s how many kilometers Quaoar’s rings are from the dwarf planet’s core. That puts its rings at a distance of roughly 7.4 of the dwarf planet’s radii from its core ...

“Each one of these planets is truly precious.” Howard noted that because exoplanets like TRAPPIST-1’s seven worlds are so far away, astrophysicists can only observe them as they pass in front of their ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

So far, researchers have analyzed thousands of images from multiple sky surveys along Planet Nine's proposed orbital pathway, looking for objects that move over time, Brown said.

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“Our models are kind of like worlds in a box,” Brain said. “We can put a telescope in that box and figure out what we might see if we were observing that planet from far away.” Planets galore. The ...

If Planet 9 is on the smaller side, dark, and really far away, he explains, "it's going to be on the edge of Vera Rubin detection, and Vera Rubin may not find it." ...