HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

There are likely more than a trillion planets in our galaxy alone, and a large proportion could be super-Earths. One day, we might confirm that some are ocean worlds, like Earth. Mark is an award ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Astronomers have discovered a large Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star that could be home to alien life. The exoplanet - the name for a planet beyond our solar system - has the catchy name ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do ... moons and their neighboring planets, including Earth and the moon.

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle ... they may be made of crust-like material left over from the ...

There are many places on Earth so weird they make you feel like you're on another planet. . | Credit: Left to right: Wysiati, WanRu Chen, Ropelato Photography; EarthScapes, jp2pix.com, all via ...