"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

BBC Two’s The Planets features spectacular reconstructions of the most dramatic events in the lives of the worlds of our solar system - from the last rains on Venus, to waterfalls on ancient Mars.

If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is inspired by one that actually exists. In the new film Ash ...

A new set of data released by NASA's Kepler mission catalogs 219 newfound alien planet candidates. According to NASA, 10 of the new worlds appear to be rocky in the habitable zones of their stars ...