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Don’t Miss: Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower, Red Giant Star Antares, and May Planets

Some planets 'death spiral' into their stars and scientists may now know why

New observatory in Chile—the highest in the world—aims to reveal origins of planets, galaxies and more

Astronomers offer new model for formation of recently discovered 'free-floating' planets

'Tube map' around planets and moons made possible by knot theory

Planets that look alike might be a sign of spacefaring aliens

Study shedding new light on Earth's global carbon cycle could help assess liveability of other planets

Stars, planets and more will be visible during the total solar eclipse on April 8. Here's where to look

Astronomers conduct first search for forming planets with new space telescope

Bizarre ‘Hot Jupiter’ Planets Keep Surprising Astronomers

The fate of planets whose orbits collapse will be decided

Astronomers Are Snapping Baby Pictures of Planets by the Dozen

Webb Sees a System That Just Finished Forming its Planets

Groundbreaking study could reveal secrets of how planets are born

More Planets than Stars: Kepler’s Legacy

JWST will officially begin searching for exomoons around other planets

How Planets Form: Galactic Winds of Change Captured by Webb Space Telescope

How We Get Planets from Clumping Dust

In a Science First, Astronomers Map Water Right Where Planets Are Expected to Form

Planets form differently around binary stars