The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope—yes, that’s actually the ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...

J anuary 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf ...

A new discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a new planet in the Kepler-51 system. The Kepler-51 system is a cluster known for its "super-puff" planets with densities ...

NASA's TESS satellite made the find. A Neptune-sized planet closely orbiting its host star has just been discovered, making it only the fourth object of its kind ever identified. Scientists ...

New data confirms Hubble's finding and refutes current theories of planet formation in the universe’s early days. Thanks to ...

often referred to as Planet Nine or Planet X. If confirmed, this discovery could reshape the understanding of planetary systems, according to CNN. The search began in 2014 when astronomers Scott ...

“They discovered that roughly 68% of major storms on the planet were preceded by a sharp rise in temperatures at the surface,” the university said in a press release announcing the study’s ...

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months."Finding and ...

But, in a new study, a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists discovered that the resemblance ... mismatched composition of gases in the planet's atmosphere compared to gases within ...