An international team of astronomers has investigated a planetary system consisting of three alien worlds orbiting the star ...

All of Gliese 581's planets have been found through radial ... than the previously reported 3.1 Earth masses, and an orbital period of 32, not 36, days. Nevertheless, this supposed planet would ...

The planet's home star, IRAS 04125+2902, sits just over 520 light-years from Earth, making it quite close in galactic terms.

We were looking for signs among all the potential periods that ... almost 1.5 times the orbital period of the next planet, which takes 13,673 days. This in turn is almost exactly 1.5 times the ...

The planets are all on the same orbital plane because, during the formation of the solar system, a massive cloud of dust and gas collapsed under its own gravity and flattened into a disk.

“So, super, super young in comparison to our home.” Nicknamed “TIDYE-1b” by researchers, the new planet has been shown to ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital ... Humid Period exemplifies the dramatic climate transitions that our planet experiences ...

The fledgling orb, named TI-DYE 1b, is estimated to be three million years old, making it a potential Rosetta Stone for ...