Our solar system now, once again, officially consists of only eight planets. Although largely debunked, speculation continued ...

The Earth now has another moon to tag along during its orbit around the Sun. Astronomers found out that the Earth has two ...

The vast majority of exoplanets that have been discovered are within star systems broadly similar to our solar system: one (or sometimes two or more) stars at the center, with planets orbiting at a ...

A time-lapse video captures Beta Pictoris b orbiting its host star about 63 light-years away from Earth. Credit: Jason Wang / Northwestern University Some space events happen too slowly to see, but a ...

Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here's what it is.

In a real-life twist on Star Wars' Tatooine—a harsh desert planet with twin suns and a criminal underbelly—astronomers have found a bizarre new world that orbits two stars at a perfect right angle.

An ALMA telescope image shows two potential exoplanet bodies that appear to orbit a star on the same orbit. Credit: ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / Balsalobre-Ruza et al. Astronomers think they've found ...

In a delightful alignment of astronomy and mathematics, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a “pi Earth” — an Earth-sized planet that zips around its star every 3.14 days, in an orbit ...

The newly identified world, named TOI-4507 b, is located around 578 light-years away and orbits a remarkably young star ...

The type of orbit an exoplanet occupies could result in astronomers missing out on possible radio transmissions coming from the planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...