For generations, artists and science-fiction writers have imagined alien landscapes beneath twin sunsets. The image became ...

Using the Keck Observatory, astronomers measured the spins of dozens of giant planets and brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars ...

These are ultra-hot Jupiters, some of the most extreme planets we know of. And now, they may have revealed something ...

Astronomers have identified a clue hidden in the light of certain stars that's already led them to discover seven new alien planets, with more expected to come. To be clear, these alien planets likely ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, astronomers claim they have directly measured the magnetic fields of multiple planets ...

Multi-billion-dollar space telescope programs aren't only feats of aerospace engineering. They also feature "lies, damn lies, ...

A stratum of molten rock located deep within certain rocky planets may be exerting influence beyond merely shaping their internal structures. Recent research suggests that these concealed magma oceans ...

NASA has officially confirmed the finding of its 6000th alien planet, furthering its quest to understand our galaxy and whether there could be life beyond Earth. And while the official count of ...

First-year students in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered ...