Earth-like exoplanets (planets orbiting stars other than our sun) with oceans, lakes and rivers are thought to be unlikely, but the work reveals that many stars will harbor geological conditions ...

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 ...

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

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.

The Earth, like all the other planets in the solar system, started out its life as a disc of dust and gas ... Today, all of the hafnium is gone because it has a short half-life compared to the age of ...

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 ...

And giant hurricanes that could swallow Earth whole ... But that's nothing compared to the dust storms that sometimes engulf the entire planet for months at a time. And the weather on Jupiter ...

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 ...