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The planet HD 189733 b was discovered in 2005, as one of many huge gas worlds snuggled tightly against their suns. It gradually gained popularity for .

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

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Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again. Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time for a couple of weeks. This phenomenon ...

From Jupiter shining bright to elusive Mercury near the horizon, the much-talked-about planet parade may be subtler than expected.

what if a planet did not need a star at all? This is the provocative question at the heart of an emerging astronomical debate, wherein the discovery of rogue planets-worlds free-floating in the galaxy ...