We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...

This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

Using the radial velocity method, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary ... However, this is the first solid evidence of such a fully formed system. "I am particularly excited to be involved in detecting credible evidence that ...