A new study of a forming planet shows it doesn't match the chemical makeup of its birth disk, challenging pas theories on how ...

Astronomers have unveiled the discovery of two Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting a star more than 40 light-years from our planet, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing quest to identify ...

Sara Seager: When I see the stars, I think about how all of them are suns and how if our Sun has planets, it makes sense that ...

Warwick astrophysicist Dr Thomas Wilson said: "This is a really exciting discovery and will help our research into planets similar to Earth across our galaxy." The planet has an estimated surface ...

An exoplanet in the Trappist star system — a multi-planet star system similar to the solar system and just 39 light-years ...

Unlike the other planets, Uranus spins on its side ... than other stars in the sky because it is much closer to Earth. But compared to other stars it is only of average size.

Earth's name, unlike other planets named after Greco-Roman deities, originates from Old English "eorþe," meaning soil or ground. This reflects humanity's early connection to land, evolving from ...