In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the ...

Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

Webb observations of the Sextans A galaxy reveal how stars in a metal-poor areas create cosmic dust, offering clues about the ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Astronomers have cataloged thousands of exoplanets, and a pattern keeps showing up: Around most stars, the most common ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Astronomers may have finally worked out how planets between the size of Earth and Neptune – which aren't found in our Solar ...