A breathtaking new video compresses more than a decade of deep-space observation into a few seconds, revealing the hypnotic ...

Animation showing the polar orbit of the exoplanet around the two brown dwarfs. A polar orbit is a trajectory where an object, such as a planet, revolves around another by passing over its poles.

ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a strikingly unusual exoplanet: one which orbits its host stars in a totally new way. The planet 2M1510 (AB) b orbits two stars — like Luke ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet that orbits at a 90-degree angle around a rare pair of strange stars—a real-life 'twist' on the fictional twin suns of Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker's home ...