Whether you call it a butterfly or a sandwich, though, researchers have now confirmed the nature of this intriguing spot in ...
A group of astronomers recently discovered a massive, cotton candy-like planet orbiting a distant star in the Milky Way. The ...
Astronomers may have finally figured out why a distant exoplanet with the density of a microwaved marshmallow has such a fluffy atmosphere. The planet, named WASP-107 b, is a gas giant situated around ...
"Super puff" WASP 107b confused scientists for years. Now, two independent teams of astronomers think they finally understand ...
Evidence of a "cataclysmic" collision of giant asteroids which took place just 20 years ago has been found by scientists.
Gas giant WASP-193b — with a “puffy” atmosphere — is huddled around a distant Sun-like star and is the second-lightest ...
Astronomers have discovered WASP-193b, an extraordinarily light planet orbiting a distant star in our galaxy. It outstrips ...
The planet is about the size of Venus, so slightly smaller than Earth, and may be temperate enough to support life.
STAR Trek fans are disappointed to learn that Vulcan — the home planet of the beloved character Spock — does not really exist ...
In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers have discovered that the turbulence in the thermosphere ...
A new catalog of exoplanets from two telescopes shows the incredible variety of planets that exist beyond our solar system.