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14 Herculis c one of at least two gas giants – both significantly bigger than Jupiter – that have been observed orbiting a central star in an X-like pattern. Among the nearly 6,000 exoplanets so far ...

Astronomers have discovered a distant exoplanet with a tail that stretches over 5.5 million miles long. Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares / MIT illustration Astronomers have accidentally found a planet with ...

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Why it's weird:Waterworld is possibly Kevin Costner's biggest regret. But in astronomy, a water world is far less disappointing. Discovered in December 2009, this planet has the best possibility of ...