An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

While such organisms may or may not exist in the universe, the research has important implications for future human endeavors ...

The new study modeled a rocky planet through the course of its molten formation and cooling over hundreds of millions of years into a solid terrestrial planet. Results showed that hydrogen or other ...

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

Referring to a planet as "Neptune" in this respect doesn't indicate it is an ice giant, however, like our own Neptune.

That is, if Saturn wants to hang with its fellow gas giants and ice giants. In fact, even smaller terrestrial planets like Earth and Mars have Trojans. "We think it is about 9 miles (15 kilometers ...

Researchers suggest that self-sustaining habitats could allow alien life to survive and thrive in space without the need for ...