Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...

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 ...

An "extra exceptional" Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns, has been discovered. Astronomers say the "huge" new world ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet ...

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

Our Sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its ...

Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation ...

Tidally locked exoplanets, termed "eyeball planets," orbiting red dwarf stars within their habitable zones present unique conditions for potential habitability. These planets exhibit perpetually ...

A study of 909 planets and 355 stars reveals that, unlike our solar system, other planetary systems are distinguished by strict regularity. An international research team led by Université de Montréal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Here in the Solar System, we can watch our star's eight planets orbit ...