When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands of ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

Recent studies have revealed that, until now, Hot Jupiters seem to be the only planet in orbit around their host star. This ...

In the early evening, look to the southwest and you'll see Venus (the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon) and ...