In a conventional system like our own, rocky planets such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit closest to the host star. Farther out, gas giants ...

Astronomers want to collect as much data as possible using as many systems as possible. Sometimes that requires coordination ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet transiting a distant star. The newfound alien world, designated ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...