Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

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

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

but heavier than gas giant planets. (M. Kornmesser/ESO via AP) This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs ...

The brown dwarf pair was first spotted years ago ... bodies can help us understand how conditions beyond our solar system may yield planets vastly different from our own, said study author ...