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An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

A 128-minute orbit, according to Kepler's third law, works out to a semi-major axis of 8,413 km (5,228 mi). Such an object with less than 0.25 eccentricity (a roughly circular orbit), therefore ...

There’s a final Super Moon this coming weekend – it’s the last in a sequence of four. First, we need some background as to ...

“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

Twelve years after breaking up, the Noughties pop sensations are marking the anniversary of their debut album with a new tour. Louis Chilton speaks to Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis about ...

open image in gallery Ana Matronic and Jake Shears performing with the Scissor Sisters at London’s Astoria in 2004 (Getty Images) If the band’s eccentricity and penchant for outrage made them ...

An international team of scientists has found a fascinating new planetary system around a star similar to our sun. The system ...