The head of NASA says maybe Pluto is a planet after all. He is wrong because Pluto is part of the rest of the solar system ...

Rogue planets sound like rare travelers among the stars, freed from the gravitational constraints of a host system, left to ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by a cosmic mystery: planets orbiting two stars—like Star Wars’ Tatooine—are surprisingly rare, even though they should be common. New research suggests the culprit ...

Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae—clouds of ...

A nearby Earth-sized planet offers a rare chance to study how atmospheres survive or disappear on rocky worlds.

Scientists identify 45 potentially habitable exoplanets, using exact data and quotes to guide future telescopes in the search for extraterrestrial life.

With evidence increasingly showing that volcanism is active on the surface of Venus today, a team of geologists have shown ...

Crafts discovered that are not allegedly a part of our planet, and the materials they're made of are not a part of our planet ...

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from geologic processes or meteorites ...

Early Earth was a barren wasteland incapable of supporting life until a big protoplanet crash carried in the necessary ingredients, a new study suggests. That collision of the proto-Earth and a ...

EPCR Rugby have reportedly appointed an independent TV director for the Champions Cup final but there's an easy fix to avoid ...