Barnard’s Star is located just 6 light-years away from us. It is the closest single star to the Sun and the fourth closest ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using ...

Diminutive Barnard's Star is closer in size to Jupiter than to the sun. Only the three stars that make up the Alpha Centauri ...

We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...

Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus looks like a thin crescent — though only ...

Everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered just 95 years ago. Here's the story of how the once-ninth planet was ...

For centuries, humans have wondered if planets exist around other stars and dreamed of what these alien worlds might be like. Eventually technology began catching up with our imagination.

The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.

Are we alone in the universe? While no one can say for sure, space scientists know where to start looking—exoplanets. An ...