Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two ...

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...

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With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of researchers has ...

Astronomers watched a distant star dim for months and found a metal-rich cloud that may be the aftermath of a massive planetary collision.

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The universe is full of spectacular sights, from aurora on Earth and Jupiter to the solar flares that cause them, to distant ...

A Sun-type star situated nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth has provided astronomers with a unique opportunity to observe an unusual after-effect of a planetary system’s evolution. When this star, ...