The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet that orbits at a 90-degree angle around a rare pair of strange stars—a real-life 'twist' ...

Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...

Astronomers have discovered a major sign of life — and “the first hints… of an alien world” on a distant planet orbiting ...

The New Frontier in Space Exploration The search for Earth-like exoplanets has fascinated scientists and laypeople alike. The question of ...

Scientists have detected potential signs of life on the distant exoplanet K2-18b after identifying an Earth-like biomarker in ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.

A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...