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In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

Located 446 light-years from Earth, this planet, dubbed 'HD 143811 b', orbits a 'binary system' where two stars swirl around ...

Our solar system didn't form by accident. This video explains the blueprint that created rocky worlds like Earth and Mars close to the Sun, and gas giants like Jupiter further out. We cover the Sun's ...

Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...

This is the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet beyond our solar system with an atmosphere. Astronomers using the James ...

The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant "hot Jupiter" planet has two ...

When is winter? Weather forecasters in the Northern Hemisphere will tell you Dec. 1 through the end of February, which is ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...