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From a world shaped like a giant donut to a planet with the sharp edges of a perfect cube, changing the shape of Earth would ...

The discovery of a strange wobbling planet has left astronomers confused but could reveal the secrets of planet formation. The new exoplanet, named TOI-1408 c, is situated about 455 light-years from ...

A distant world may have formed inside a doomed star. This star was ripped apart by its smaller, denser companion – a dense stellar corpse called a white dwarf – and the planet could have formed from ...

Artist's concept depicts new research that has expanded our understanding of exoplanet WASP-69 b's "tail." NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have ...

Venus is often called Earth's evil twin due to its size, mass, material composition, and density. It even feels like Venus should've become a second Earth. However, it ended up being one of the ...