<p style="text-align:center"></p> <p>A long-standing puzzle in the study of exoplanets is the formation of hot Jupiters – gas giant planets that snuggly orbit their host star. To explain their short orbital
<p style="text-align:center"></p> <p>Thanks to new technology developed in part at the University of Arizona, astronomers can now view objects in the sky at unprecedented sharpness in visible light. Using a telescope
<p>Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet
<p>Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a study by Rebecca Martin,