What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...
Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...
Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...
Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...
In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still ...
Astronomers have found GJ 251 c, a rocky planet. It is a super-Earth located only 18 light-years away. This planet is in its ...
Might the solar system harbor not just one, but two unknown planets? A fresh study of the Kuiper Belt’s structure has revived ...
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A strange white dwarf system is pulling a nearby planet apart, leaving scientists unsure how both objects are still orbiting together.
The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.
Astronomers have identified GJ 251 c, a super-Earth exoplanet just 18 light-years away, orbiting within its star's habitable ...
Astronomers have identified a nearby world that could potentially host life. It is a “super-Earth” orbiting a faint red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away. The newly found exoplanet, named GJ ...