Here, Earth is snapped from outer space on background of stars creating a magical effect. Tilted at 23.4 degrees, our blue ...

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds silently loop around their stars. Some drift as far as 10,000 times the distance ...

Artist's impression of Planet Nine – a suspected “wide-orbit” planet – with the Sun in the distance; Neptune's orbit is shown ...

Results showed that hydrogen or other light gases did initially escape into outer space. But for planets farther away from the star, where the temperature is more moderate, hydrogen also reacted ...

WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why some hot Jupiters eventually death spiral into their stars.

But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the ...

When the Sun runs out of hydrogen fuel and expands into a red giant, it will eventually encompass the innermost planets of the solar system, out to about Earth’s orbit. Being closer to our ...

What can a star’s behavior teach scientists about the formation and evolution of sub-Neptune exoplanets, which comprise one of the most discovered exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of what is thought to be the first ever recorded planetary engulfment event revealed a hot accretion disk surrounding the star, with an ...

NASA's Webb telescope spots 6 rogue planets: What it says about star, planet formation The group of cosmic bodies are slightly bigger than Jupiter and have no star to orbit.

Astronomer breaks down "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet 04:06. Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that ...