Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for ...

Planet has announced a new class of imaging satellites that will replace a line of spacecraft dating back to the company’s ...

Astronomers spotted a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming within a dusty ring around its star system, offering clues about the ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to ...

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

For every paradise in the Outer Rim or the Core Worlds, others in the galaxy are nightmares that are cloaked in darkness, ice, or flames ...

The number of confirmed planets outside of our solar system—known as exoplanets—has risen to 6,000, NASA has said. There is huge variety across these distant worlds, the space agency says, with ...

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core. By Katrina Miller Three years ago, Martian dust ...

What is the difference between a moon and a planet? Trick question! According to scientific definitions, there often isn’t much of a difference at all. That might seem counterintuitive, but it’s true.

It's what's known as a 'planetary parade,' and it's the last one of the year It's what's known as a 'planetary parade,' and it's the last one of the year It's what's known as a 'planetary parade,' and ...

Sky-gazers are in for a treat this month as six planets are set to align in a dazzling early morning display known as a "planetary parade"—the last such spectacle of this year. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter ...