Astronomers are actively searching for Earth-like planets, with thousands of exoplanets now confirmed. While Proxima Centauri b is the clos...

NASA's recent analysis of Magellan spacecraft data suggests Venus may possess a dynamic surface, challenging the long-held belief of a stat...

Scientists have detected a potential Tatooine-like exoplanet orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs, located approximately 120 light-years away. T...

The rare planet parade is set to reach its peak and will be visible from the naked eye.

After facing a grave computer problem last year, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is now fully operational, sending back usable data about inter...

The CHES will observe about 100 Sun-like stars 32 light-years away on a long-term survey, and will hopefully discover roughly 50 Earth-like...

The study also measured the tilt of the Venusian axis and size of the planet's core, allowing for a deeper understanding of an enigmatic wo...

Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) Facing a battery issue after more than 15 years in orbit, the US-German GRACE -- Gravity Recovery and Climate Exp...

New York, Jan 20 (IANS) In an attempt to search for life outside Earth, an astronomer has studied an exoplanet called Wolf 1061 and found t...

Toronto, Dec 18 (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered a planetary system with a host star similar to Earth's sun, which...

New York, Dec 16 (IANS) A new planetary system has been discovered with a host star similar to the Earth's Sun but its unusual composition ...

Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) In the successful first relay test of a NASA radio aboard Europe's new Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), data from NASA ro...

The findings may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a solar system's architecture, researchers said.

Astronomers have discovered a new Venus-like rocky exoplanet 39 light years away, which may be cool enough to potentially host an atmospher...

Although many planets similar to Jupiter have been found earlier, this new planet is the most accurate analogue yet found for the Sun and J...

So far, only uninhabitable gas-giant planets have been identified circling such binary stars, and many researchers believe rocky planets ca...

Of more than 1,000 verified planets found, eight are less than twice Earth-size and in their stars' habitable zone, the US space agency sai...