This is one of the strangest planets in our Universe. Nicknamed 'The Burning Ball of Ice, ' this exoplanet can reach temperatures of over 500 ºC (932 ºF). But the strangest part? It has hot ice on ...

Hot Jupiters rank among the strangest planets astronomers have ever found. They are gas giants as massive as Jupiter, yet they race around their stars in just a few days. Since the first such world ...

Astronomers have made an unexpected discovery about the planet TOI-3884b, which orbits its star at a crazy angle. The planet’s orbit is tilted by around 62 degrees compared to the star’s rotation, and ...

This handout artist’s impression released on October 2, 2025 shows Cha 1107-7626, a rogue planet located about 620 light-years away about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star.

A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's composition, but also its origin, according to a new study. A team led by Penn State ...

Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...