Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On of them is 3.8 times the mass of Jupiter and ...

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers have officially confirmed the existence of HD 20794 d, a super-Earth located just 20 light-years away, with ...

Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

It was just a rock, but when Timothy Lyons picked it up, he knew the Earth had stories to tell, and he wanted to find out ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has uncovered organic compounds and complex carbon molecules in samples collected from asteroid Bennu, marking a major milestone in the search ...

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants combined.