With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn't in our solar system—it was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A yellowish-orange glow bathes Phainoterra, a planet of dramatic ...

On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining bright from hundreds of thousands of miles away. But if you went to Venus, that wouldn’t be the case. Not every planet has a moon – so why ...

The UK government is to slash by 30 percent its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics in a move branded as ...

Popular Mechanics: Harsh Mathur, professor of physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, explained he and his research partner’s recent study suggesting that, instead of a possible ninth planet in ...

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule. When you purchase ...

Planet Nine, the undiscovered planet at the edge of the solar system that was predicted by the work of Caltech’s Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown in January 2016, appears to be responsible for the ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...