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

A team of astronomers has identified a four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that defies conventional ...

The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet ...

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

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

Located on the third floor of Nevins Hall, the VSU Planetarium features a Digitarium Kappa digital projector, which can reproduce the night sky as seen from anywhere on Earth or from the surface of ...

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

The Santa Monica College Planetarium will present live-hosted shows on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons in January and February featuring tours of the solar system and explorations of black holes ...

Many of us learned about the order of the planets in our Solar System through some mnemonic device. We were also taught to think that the Solar System is a fixed thing, but our grade school ...