Despite its unmemorable name, J2322-2650 is a strange system. A Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbits an energetic neutron star, which constantly bombards it with gamma rays. Now, a team of astronomers has ...

In a groundbreaking discovery beyond Pluto, scientists have detected a small celestial body that could alter our perception of the Solar System’s outer reaches. The object, labeled 2023 KQ14, was ...

Planet hunters have grown used to strange worlds, but a handful of discoveries now point to something even more radical: giant planets that loop around their stars on orbits so skewed they almost defy ...