Astronomers Discover a Rogue Planet the Size of Saturn Drifting Through Our Galaxy ...

A team of astronomers led by John Johnson of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy has used a new technique to measure the precise size of a planet around a distant star. They used a ...

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

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Just six light-years from the solar system — in cosmic terms ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

Astronomers have found six new worlds that look like planets, but formed like stars. These so-called rogue worlds are between five and 15 times the mass of Jupiter, and one of them may even host the ...