Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

A new mission concept that would see a fleet of telescopes probing rocky planets in their stars' habitable zones should be ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet that orbits at a 90-degree angle around a rare pair of strange stars—a real-life 'twist' ...

Humanity may be one step closer to finally answering the question of whether we're alone in the cosmos with a definitive "no.

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...

“The universe has been around for ... But the most intriguing section catalogs anomalies: strange, unexplained objects such as “puffy” planets, slow-spinning pulsars, interstellar asteroids ...

Scientists think one possibility is that the auroras are driven by an orbiting planet or moon interacting with the brown dwarf’s intense magnetic field. A Universe Full of Strange Worlds The discovery ...

It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion ...

or planets, with life of some variety. But even if it doesn't, the results could still be profound and take us one giant leap closer to understanding our place in the universe. The study was ...