Astronomers have recently uncovered a remarkable planetary system around the faint orange star WASP-132, featuring two ...

Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months.

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their ...

"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

An "incredibly rare" piece of rock from Mars has sold for £3.2million after being discovered in the Sahara desert. The 24.5kg meteorite is the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The rock travelled ...

Astronomers have captured the first direct signs of planet formation around the young star HOPS-315, offering a glimpse into ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...