Learn how the discovery of a young planet orbiting two suns is revealing how worlds form and survive in binary star systems.

A timelapse has been released showing the newly discovered Tatooine-like planet HD 143811 AB b making part of its journey ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

An illustration depicts what the surface of one of the exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star may look like. The other three planets within the system can also be seen. - International Gemini ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Jupiter shines brilliantly in the eastern sky this December as it nears opposition early in 2026, outshining nearby stars and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...