By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet ...

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

The planetary system, located 120 light-years away, features four worlds orbiting a red dwarf star and challenges classical formation schemes.

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

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Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two ...

A team of international astronomers has announced the discovery of an 'inside-out' planetary system that defies the established understanding of planetary patterns.

University of Birmingham astronomers joined a global team of scientists to discover a distant planetary system that turns scientific understanding of planet formation upside down. In the Solar System, ...

Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...