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A distant exoplanet discovered, named Enaiposha, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a "super-Venus" ...

The Solar System's journey around the Milky Way's center takes it through varying galactic environments. "Imagine it like a ship sailing through varying conditions at sea," explains Efrem Maconi ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

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Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...