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

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

Astronomers may have uncovered how the most common types of planets in our Galaxy grow, a new study has revealed. The discovery confirms astronomers’ theories that these planets start as 'bloated' ...

– January 7, 2026 (London time) – One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the size of Earth and Neptune within the orbit ...

A lonely world the size of Saturn is drifting through the Milky Way with no star to warm it, and for the first time astronomers have managed to weigh it. By catching a fleeting alignment between this ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is only the third to be found on the outskirts of our galaxy's dense central ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

Scientists weighed newborn planets for the first time, revealing puffy worlds that will shrink into super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, the galaxy's most common planets. (Nanowerk News) One of the biggest ...