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An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers ...

For decades, astronomers have suspected that a massive, unseen planet may be shaping the strange orbits of distant objects beyond Neptune. Recent simulations suggest the odds of these gravitational ...

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A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they formed ...

Mathematician whose work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory was pivotal to the development of GPS ...

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

Gas giants are enormous planets made primarily of hydrogen and helium. They may contain dense central cores, but unlike Earth, they do not have solid ...

Deepwater Diner doesn’t announce itself with flashy billboards or celebrity endorsements – it simply exists as a beacon of ...

There's a comforting idea in planetary science. That no matter how strange a distant world looks, its beginnings might still ...

Hidden along the roads of Carneys Point, New Jersey sits a culinary treasure that seafood enthusiasts and comfort food aficionados have been making pilgrimages to for years – Deepwater Diner, where ...