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...

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