A star located about 1,300 light-years from Earth shows signs of having devoured one of its planets — and is now gearing up ...

New observations of WD 1856 b, a gas giant closely orbiting a white dwarf, offer a preview of what could happen to Jupiter ...

Sub-Neptunes are the most common type of planet in our galaxy. Bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, these worlds ...

A small, rocky world orbiting a red dwarf star roughly 48 light-years from Earth has become the focus of a new study challenging assumptions about what makes a planet capable of supporting life. The ...

Scientists have discovered salt clouds surrounding the notable "Pink Planet." The vibrant colored planet is one of the ...

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...

A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

The planet should not have survived the star's red giant phase—which sees a star balloon to more than 100 times its original ...

Our readers enjoy getting to grips with this one, pondering everything from what this planet might look like to the various ...

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury are due to form a planet parade in June visible across the US. What to know, including the date and time and where to look.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. There’ s six-planet parade on Monday, Aug. 25, just before ...