Imagine the potential for life and unique environmental conditions if the exoplanet Kepler-22b were located within our solar system.

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have listened to the music of a nearby star, uncovering ...

Bungie has detailed a wealth of what’s coming to the game, from a new planet to a full expansion themed around Star Wars.

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

The idea that our Solar System is representative of other solar systems hasn't survived the age of exoplanet discovery.

The president’s proposed budget includes major cuts to NASA — among them, the elimination of funding for the Nancy Grace ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new ...

The team believes there is a third planet in the system, Kepler-10 d, orbiting further out, going around the star every 151 days. The minimum mass of this world is around 12 times Earth ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

Though they don't orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among of the most famous scenes in pop culture. When Star Wars debuted in 1977, ...