Astronomers have discovered a strikingly unusual exoplanet: one which orbits its host stars in a totally new way. The planet ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off of them." ...

What can exozodiacal dust, also called exozodi, teach astronomers about identifying Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a ...

Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard's Star. According to the astronomers, these exoplanets — which are among ...