A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky ...

The Solar System consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity; the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, along with dwarf planets like ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

An international team of astronomers has found that super-Earth exoplanets are far more common across the universe than once ...

A recent study has revealed that super-Earth exoplanets, worlds that are larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus or Neptune ...

The crew of an alien spacecraft entering the Solar System, maybe looking for planets bearing alien life, would be struck by ...

A new study led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has revealed that planets ...

At 45, Nikku Madhusudhan has made the discovery of a lifetime. How did he know where to look? What else could these gas ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

NASA is releasing stunning photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Check them out below ...

The agency said that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the ...

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