We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

The method would likely reduce Earth's temperature, but it also has some worried about how the particles will affect the ...

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Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report.

The bright object was likely a Starlink satellite burning up in Earth's atmosphere as it fell back toward our planet.

Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a dead star 4,000 light years from here, giving us a humbling glimpse into Earth's likely fate.Published in Nature Astronomy, the planet, ...

Research indicates that the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm the presence of life-supporting atmospheres on exoplanets in the "Goldilocks zone," enhancing the likelihood of discovering ...