In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

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

Astronomers believe they’ve discovered a "Tatooine"-like planet orbiting two stars in a galaxy far, far away. The planet is ...

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 ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

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

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 ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

The brown dwarf pair was first spotted years ago ... bodies can help us understand how conditions beyond our solar system may yield planets vastly different from our own, said study author ...