Astronomers using ALMA have uncovered how gas and dust in planet-forming disks evolve separately an insight that reshapes our understanding of how different types of planets form. While dust lingers, ...

Planetary alignments occur when multiple planets from our solar system appear together in the night sky. There are four major categories of planetary alignments: mini (3 planets), small (4), large ...

With water being so important to life on Earth, scientists often look for it on exoplanets. But some of those worlds might actually be covered in soot instead.

Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope to peer into the disks of matter from which exoplanets form, looking at more than 80 young stars to see which may have planets forming around them. This ...

From Mercury to Pluto, an astrologer breaks down different planetary retrogrades and the meanings behind them Stephanie Sengwe is a pop culture enthusiast with over 10 years of experience working as a ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

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