The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An artistic impression of Trappist-1 b shortly before it ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ninth planet lurking in the not-too-distant reaches of the solar system. This hypothetical world, dubbed "Planet Y," could be ...

Astronomers have confirmed a Saturn-size world drifting alone in deep space roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, a discovery that turns a once-theoretical idea into a measured reality. The planet ...

An artist's concept depicting the pulsar planet system. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Rarely even acknowledged as the first planets discovered beyond ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...