In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is vaporized by stellar heat, trailed by a comet-like ...

The celestial body is the youngest transiting planet found to date. Madyson Barber, a grad student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was researching young transiting systems in space ...

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has given astronomers a glimpse into distant corners of our universe. The telescope's latest discovery is one of the weirdest yet. In a new publication ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, challenging many of the previously held assumptions about planetary ...

This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's illustration of HIP 67522 b's star launching a burst of plasma at the planet. | ...

Space is full of mysteries that can't be easily explained by the layman, and this latest one from a isn't likely to sour anyone on their fascination with space. Scientists from several institutions, ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.