Researchers came to the conclusion that super-Earths can exist as far from their host star as our gas giants are from the sun ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

A recent study has revealed that super-Earth exoplanets, worlds that are larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus or Neptune ...

Not to mention some sci-fi retro-cool imagery of the inside of a Weyland-Yutani ship.

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

No one can hear you scream in space may be the tagline of Ridley Scott ‘s 1979 hit film Alien, but all bets are off when it ...

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.

Earth and Mars are mysteriously low in elements like copper and zinc, which are crucial for planetary chemistry and potentially life. A new study overturns old theories by showing that these elements ...

A groundbreaking new study suggests that super-Earth exoplanets—rocky planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune—may ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...