Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

New research tracks young planets around a nearby star, showing how large, gas-rich worlds shrink over time to become the most common planets in the galaxy ...

Astronomers discovered Gomez’s Hamburger, a massive protoplanetary disk. Edge-on view shows dust and gas layers with clumps ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

HD 189733 b orbits so close to its star that distance almost stops mattering. The planet was logged in 2005, one of many ...

Key takeawaysPlanets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar ...