Planetary systems
Scientists discovered five tightly packed exoplanets
Five new planets have been found outside our nearby planetary group, all circling a sun-like star situated inside the heavenly body Aquarius, about 620...
Planets orbiting other stars are like Peas in a Pod
A global research group drove by Université de Montréal astrophysicist Lauren Weiss has found that planets orbiting other stars have a tendency to have...
A New Approach for Detecting Planets in the Alpha Centauri System
Yale astronomers have taken a fresh look at the nearby Alpha Centauri system and discovered better approaches to limit the look for livable planets...