Early sci-fi exoplanets were often simple Earth-like worlds, but as science advanced, so did their realism. From the desert planet Arrakis in Dune to the bizarre gas giant moons in Avatar, fictional ...

The discovery of a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' exoplanet, HD 20794 d, was published in the scientific journal ...

It is located in a star system less than 20 light-years away, making it one of the closest candidates for further research.

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

Earth" planet that may have conditions suitable for life, according to the University of Oxford. The exoplanet—a planet ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

Recent developments in science include NASA's collaboration with SpaceX to return astronauts, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On of them is 3.8 times the mass of Jupiter and ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...