In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.

Scientists may have found the first planet ever detected around our closest “solar twin,” a star called Alpha Centauri A, the ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of ...

The discussion underscored how citizen scientists, by contributing thousands of data points from around the world, are ...

Sometimes in science a negative result is just as important as a positive one. And sometimes data artifacts get the better of ...

New Planet In Strange Perpendicular Orbit Around Binary Stars Is Straight Out Of Science Fiction An undetected world is the most likely explanation for this truly bizarre set-up.

What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat melts the surface, teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution?

Even if life never took hold on Ceres, the discovery could help broaden the range of environments that could potentially be habitable.

Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way with six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra.

The first planet ever spotted by the Kepler space telescope is falling into its star. Kepler launched in 2009 on a mission to find exoplanets by watching them cross in front of their stars.