An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

The Solar System is very tidy. You have four rocky planets near the Sun, and four gas giant planets further away. An asteroid ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system that orbits two failed stars. NEW YORK (AP) — A ...

Astronomers have discovered a strikingly unusual exoplanet: one which orbits its host stars in a totally new way. The planet ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Scientists believe that there's a planet like the desert planet Tatooine from 'Star Wars' that orbits a pair of failed stars.