Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

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

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

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

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

This once-in-a-generation shift is a pivotal power play in a saga that will unfold in the years and decades to come.

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

Often, the easiest way to understand your birth chart is to get acquainted with your “big three” placements: your sun, moon, ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...