Scientists have discovered two new planets orbiting an ancient star near our Sun and one of them may...

A team of astronomers has stumbled upon a rocky exoplanet weighing 17 times as much as Earth, making...

An experimental test vehicle designed to investigate "breakthrough" technologies for future robotic ...

Scientists have identified a massive new exoplanet that takes a record 80,000 Earth years to make a ...

Astronomers have for the first time ever measured the rotation rate of an alien planet, and found th...

In a chance discovery, astronomers have spotted an 'upside-down' planet in the first ever "self-lens...

The hunt for potential life in outer space has taken a step forward -- an international team of rese...

Astronomers have found a dwarf planet in the depths of space well past Pluto, a discovery that sugge...

Scientists say they have found an elusive water-loving mineral, called ringwoodite that came from th...