In addition to the exoplanet’s polar orbit, the brown dwarf pair itself is extraordinarily rare. They form an eclipsing ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

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

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

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

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s ...