NEW YORK — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.

If you thought planets only circled stars in neat, flat disks, think again. Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence for ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea, says Abigail Beall ...

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Mar. 13, 2025 — Water once existed ...

According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek Space:1999 free-floating planets, As J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Fellowship of the ...

Planets' temperatures are largely influenced by their structural characteristics and proximity to the Sun, however, Venus ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...