Curious about the strangest planets out there? Prepare to dive deep into the cosmos, where bizarre and incredible exoplanets await. These planets are so unusual that they challenge everything we know ...

The universe is full of wonders, but some worlds are downright deadly. From searing heat to violent storms, these planets make Earth look like a paradise. Many of them challenge everything we know ...

The planets around a nearby star seem to be in the wrong order, hinting that they formed through a different mechanism than the familiar one by which most systems grow ...

Erika Hamden is an Ivy League-educated astrophysicist and the director of the University of Arizona Space Institute, so you can trust her when she tells you just how weird the universe is. Innumerable ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial and will fall apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...