An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers ...

We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting ...

Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

Artist impression of the planetary system with four planets,around a small red star,called LHS1903. Caption: Astronomers have long thought solar systems follow a simple pattern similar to our own: ...

Gas giants are massive worlds made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They lack solid surfaces, and in our solar system, Jupiter ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.