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

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

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

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

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

NEW YORK — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars ... A light year is nearly 6 trillion miles. The brown dwarf pair was first spotted years ago.