To retain vast oceans similar to Earth, the planet would have to be about 10 AU away, or roughly the distance of Saturn from the sun. The second ... Generation Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs ...

But while astronomers have searched for exomoons orbiting exoplanets ... Earth's orbit from the sun. More information: Ben R Gordon et al, Exomoons of Circumbinary Planets, arXiv (2024).

SNAPS of Mars in snow are quite rare, given how hard they are to capture. But they give us a glimpse of what a future Mars ...

The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

Stargazers were treated to a spectacular display last night, as the planet Venus could be seen shining brightly next to a ...

Astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious ninth planet, known as Planet Nine, which could change our understanding of the solar system. Is this hidden world real, or just a myth?

New data confirms Hubble's finding and refutes current theories of planet formation in the universe’s early days. Thanks to ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

A close conjunction of Venus and the crescent moon were seen across the world this weekend. Here are the best images of one ...

Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs. Now scientists are finding clues that our Sun may once have had a companion of its ...

It seems plausible that the detection of planets in the galactic center is just a matter of time." Astronomers have discovered the first binary stars orbiting ... the sun is an estimated 4.6 ...