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

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

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

Scientists using the James Webb Telescope have detected a gas on K2-18b that, on Earth, is only produced by living ...

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

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional "Star Wars" desert planet Tatooine. More ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star ...

Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial life ...

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

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