A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...

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

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

Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that ...

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

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When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

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

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.