The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

NASA has plans to return astronauts to the lunar surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. "We don't need to go back to the moon just for the moon. We're going back ...

A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky has helped scientists uncover something astonishing: planets much like ...

The universe is full of wonders, but some worlds are downright deadly. From searing heat to violent storms, these planets make Earth look like a paradise. Many of them challenge everything we know ...

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical? Technically, planets are round, by definition; they need to have enough ...

Some planets may be soot-rich rather than water-based. Atmosphere studies will be key to understanding their true nature. Astronomers generally consider water worlds to be among the most common types ...

A Planet Parade (or planetary alignment, if we’re being specific) is when a bunch of planets line up just right so they look like they’re forming a straight line across the night sky. IRL, they’re ...

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...