Astronomers have peered into an alien planet's atmosphere and found extreme weather unlike anything in the solar system.

The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

During the first nights of February, the crescent moon should line up with the planets as well. The planets are spread far apart in the solar system, AccuWeather wrote. Although it can be hard to see ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

While our solar system is a fascinating place on its own, exoplanets are even more of a mystery. And one exoplanet in ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

For decades, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system—until Pluto was reclassified in 2006. But what if ...

Monroeville Public Library is holding a three-part children’s series on space, where participants learn fun facts about the ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of a new super-Earth, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away. This ...