The findings could more than double our current database of worlds that loop around binary star systems. But researchers need ...
A new satellite survey has found nearly 30 unusual planets orbiting two stars instead of one, similar to Tatooine, the ...
One night last fall, University of Cincinnati astrophysics graduate Paul Smith waited anxiously for data to start rolling ...
For four years, NASA’s planet-hunting telescope photographed the light of 2.2 million stars. The data sat in public archives, ...
Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying ...
An artificial intelligence system known as RAVEN, utilized on data from NASA's TESS satellite, has validated the existence of ...
The problem with Pluto isn’t its planetary or nonplanetary status—it’s our insistence on declaring the world must be one or the other ...
There is a reason the most recognizable planet orbiting two stars is the fictional desert world of Tatooine from Star Wars.
A bizarre planetary pairing 190 light-years away is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how worlds form. A “lonely” hot Jupiter — typically found without nearby companions — is ...
Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline May's skywatching, with stunning moon pairings and a three-planet display.