The universe is home to trillions of worlds, but not all planets are created equal. Some are scorching enough to melt rock, ...

Scientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they look like. From marshmallow-like planets to those with glass ...

A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets outside our solar system may be magnetic. Using ...

Two pairs of ‘rogue’ Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre planetary system where a rocky world orbits farther out than giant gas planets, defying ...

NASA’s MAVEN mission has discovered a rare atmospheric effect on Mars, revealing how solar storms may be reshaping and stripping the Red Planet’s atmosphere. This strange phenomenon is known as ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Astronomers have discovered a bizarre new planet covered by molten lava and surrounded by a sulfur‑rich atmosphere that smells like rotten eggs. The newly characterized exoplanet, ...

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...

Astronomers have identified more than 10,000 candidate planets in data from a NASA telescope, the most ever found in a single haul. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched in ...