Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

The Sun will someday die. This will happen when it runs out of hydrogen fuel in its core and can no longer produce energy through nuclear fusion as it does now. The death of the Sun is often thought ...

Three decades ago, in 1995, humankind discovered the first planet beyond the borders of our solar system. It's called 51 Pegasi b, and it spins around its main-sequence star (meaning not unlike our ...

A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky has helped scientists uncover something astonishing: planets much like ...

"Our discovery offers further evidence that the galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rogue ...