Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...

For a long time, children learning about space in school were taught that there were nine planets in our solar system. Then, ...

Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet status, astronomers believe a real Planet Nine exists in the solar system ...

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift ...

Barber used data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to observe the brightness of stars over time. During the ...

This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees. The volcano was recently granted the same legal rights as a person.

Earth's "second moon" won't be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on Thursday (Nov. 28), it seems ...

We’ve all seen beautiful images of the Earth from space, some photographed by astronauts and others collected remotely by orbiting satellites. So why doesn’t our planet look round when we’re ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting ...

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest ...

Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...