Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

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

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

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

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

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Scientists detect potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, marking what researchers call the "strongest evidence" yet of life.

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

"We've always known that we need something to complete the puzzle, but we haven't really known what shape or form those ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Neanderthals, who did not have such clothing and possibly did not use ochre as sunblock, disappeared from Europe roughly ...