This shift is grounded in how scientists interpret the atmospheric data of distant planets, especially chemical markers like ...

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

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

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

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

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Polygon has rounded up the best icy sci-fi planets from our favorite video games, movies, television, and books ...