Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are working to confirm potential evidence of life on a distant exoplanet ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...

A study led by Paolo Padoan, ICREA research professor at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

Like the Star Wars planet, a distant world follows a path around two stars, both of them small, cool bodies called brown ...

The trio is a rarity—and when all of its unusual traits are considered together, it is unique.

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...

The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...

This strange exoplanet, located 140 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, appears to be rapidly falling ...