Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary exoplanet circling a pulsar, a remnant of a exploded massive star. Named PSR ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

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

NASA has confirmed that there are over 6,000 exoplanets floating out there in the galaxy, with another 8,000 exoplanets that ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Scientists have observed a “rogue planet” that is growing at an alarming rate as it gobbles up six billion tons of gas and dust every second, a new paper revealed. The newly studied object, formally ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the ...

Most planets are part of a star system of their own – but some go their own way, and they have remained largely mysterious ...

Astronomers may have finally worked out how planets between the size of Earth and Neptune – which aren't found in our Solar ...