"How planets are born is an unsolved area of research," astrophysicist Daniel Price of Australia's Monash University told ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

This week, an old astronomical controversy is renewed as researchers present new evidence for a hidden "Planet X" in our ...

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

A new study, however, identifies a possible candidate. A separate team of astronomers compared 1983 data from the Infrared ...

NASA researchers have discovered evidence of tectonic activity on Venus by re-examining decades-old radar data. The findings ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies these rocky, or "terrestrial," worlds are far more common than was suspected ...

This discovery could help explain why Earth’s atmosphere has remained ... planet" challenges accepted wisdom on planet creation by presenting new insights on the dynamics of binary stars and ...

An international planet hunt spearheaded by Monash University researchers has discovered evidence of five new baby planets, ...

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study ...

A new study reveals that less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually recorded, exposing major gaps in ocean ...