Learn how the discovery of a young planet orbiting two suns is revealing how worlds form and survive in binary star systems.

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...

The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called "hot Jupiter" planets may not be lonely giants after all. The findings could force scientists to revise their ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...

Astronomers gazing upon a star system not too far from Earth were recently treated to a marvelous discovery: a group of six planets moving around a sun-like star in a seemingly perfect cosmic dance ...

(CN) — A newly discovered system of six planets, about 100 light-years away from Earth, may offer a rare chance to study how solar systems and even planets develop and evolve. The six exoplanets orbit ...

(WHTM) – When you look into the night sky, you’ll see planes flying by, stars twinkling, and sometimes you’ll see planets. Mercury has 88 days in a year and is a terrestrial planet. The size of ...