A new machine learning model has predicted that there are 44 Earth-like planets in other star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, with researchers from Switzerland claiming that the algorithm at the core ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty protoplanetary disks that give birth to planets of all kinds. And when a star ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

Scientists have finally worked out where the most common kinds of planets come from. That has made their origin somewhat mysterious. Until now, researchers have struggled to understand where these ...

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An artist’s conception of the “steam world” GJ 9827 d, shown in the foreground in blue. NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI), Ralf Crawford (STScI) Our solar system has a wide variety of planet types, from ...

How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the intricate processes responsible for the most ...

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule. When you purchase ...

Astronomers have observed four worlds forming in the V1298 Tau. These worlds are puffy at the moment, and are expected to contract in the future.