A planet-forming disk made from rock and gas surrounds a young star. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran Scientists have discovered over 4,000 ...
Newly developed tool helps parse data and detect planets smaller than Neptune around young stars, providing insight into their formation UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A combination of cosmic processes shapes ...
The orbiting Kepler telescope is all about the numbers. How many stars have planets? How many have multiple planets? What sizes do they come in? How many of these planets are about the same size as ...
Scientists have discovered over 4,000 exoplanets outside of our Solar System, according to NASA’s Exoplanet Archive. Some of these planets orbit multiple stars at the same time. Certain planets are so ...