New Dwarf Planet Discovery Challenges Planet Nine Hypothesis
Discovery of a new potential dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system has posed the greatest challenge yet to the hypothesis that a ninth planet lurks far…
Strange Planet Confirmed in Binary Star System Nu Octantis
A binary star system is a pair of stars gravitationally bound and orbiting a common centre of mass. In 2004, David Ramm at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand…
Asteroid Vesta May Be a Fragment of a Lost Planet, Say Scientists
Asteroid Vesta, long considered a stalled protoplanet, may actually be a massive fragment of a larger world that once existed in our solar system. New findings based on gravity-field mapping…
Water on Ancient Mars? New Study Challenges the Cold Planet Theory
Despite being a vast and inhospitable planet today, scientists believe Mars, the Red Planet, used to look much like Earth, the Blue Planet. Over the last four years, NASA's Perseverance…
Scientists Reportedly Found a Potential Sign of Life on a Distant Planet: What You Need to Know
A team of astronomers have reportedly discovered biological activity outside the solar system. The scientists have revealed that the distant planet, named K2-18 b, comprises more than one molecule in…
Bizzare ‘Failed Star’ Planet Orbiting Double Star System in Milky Way Discovered by Researchers
Researchers have found an odd Milky Way planet orbiting over and under the poles of two failing stars. Star systems arise from flattened, spinning disks of gas and dust, with…
X-ray Signal from Helix Nebula Suggests Planet Was Destroyed by White Dwarf
An unusual X-ray signal detected from the Helix Nebula for over four decades has now been linked to the destruction of a planet by the white dwarf at its center.…
Astronomers Spot a High-Speed Star That May Carry a Planet With It
A celestial object, possibly a small star with a massive exoplanet, has been observed moving through the Milky Way at an extraordinary speed of over 1.2 million mph. The discovery…
A Star With a Planet May Be Racing Through the Galaxy at Record Speed
A potential record-breaking exoplanet system has been identified, moving at a speed of at least 1.2 million miles per hour (540 kilometers per second). The discovery suggests a low-mass star…
February 2025 Planet Parade: How to See Five Planets Align in the Sky
A spectacular celestial event is set to unfold in February 2025, as five of the brightest planets—Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn—become visible together in the evening sky. The alignment…