Astronomers have detected an exoplanet with a highly oblong orbit that experiences wild temperature swings — and it may be transitioning into another type of world. The exoplanet, named TIC 241249530 ...

A 2024 study led by Binghan Liu at the University of Leeds found that the surface habitability of planets like Earth increases for eccentric orbits. 4 The team simulated the climate for a circular ...

Astronomers identified asteroid 2025 PN7 as a quasi-moon of Earth in 2025, a rare celestial companion sharing Earth's solar ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 PN7, a tiny 'quasi-moon' that has been shadowing Earth in near-synchronised orbit ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the field of exoplanet research has revealed a fascinating new planet orbiting a star just 124 light-years away from Earth. Dubbed GJ 2126 b, this massive world is not ...

Hot Jupiters, massive worlds that orbit close to their host star, likely weren’t always so hot. Astronomers believe that these exoplanets formed cold, in the outer regions of their star systems, and ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

This artist’s impression shows a Jupiter-like exoplanet that is on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter — a large, Jupiter-like exoplanet that orbits very close to its star. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva ...