The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called "hot Jupiter" planets may not be lonely giants after all. The findings could force scientists to revise their ...

Across the Milky Way and beyond, planetary systems appear to fall into a few recurring blueprints, and recent exoplanet ...

Supporters of planetary colonization argue that becoming a multi-planet species could safeguard us from potentially ...

Astronomers have finally pinned down the mass and distance of a lonely world that drifts through the galaxy without a parent ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers studying data from NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope discovered a system of seven "sweltering" planets surrounding a star that's hotter than our own sun. According ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

Look up in Michigan's night sky later this month to catch a rare seven-planet parade. The planets will appear to line up in the sky as they orbit the sun, known as a planetary alignment or planet ...

The European Southern Observatory has captured a pair of exoplanets with the Very Large Telescope array (VLT), marking the first time scientists have gotten a picture of a multi-planet system. Share ...