When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There are currently more than 5,800 known planets beyond the solar system. Artist Martin Vargic ...

Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don't know, according to Ulf Danielsson ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Natasha Verma to unlock big cosmic questions with wit and clarity: Have aliens visited Earth? Will the universe ever stop expanding? Why does "Manhattanhenge" ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

LAS VEGAS--MindArk, the developer of the science fiction-based virtual world, Entropia Universe, has announced that it is spinning off the functional game side of its business into a separate company.

A star about 600 light-years away is giving astronomers a front-row view to the environments in which rocky planets like Earth form around the most abundant stars in the universe. Called ISO-ChaI 147, ...

Water worlds could be surprisingly common in our galaxy — but they probably don’t look like you expect. If we find evidence of life on alien worlds, it will probably be on a planet somewhere between ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recently released study suggested that our universe started with two big bangs not just one. For decades scientists have been struggling to explain the creation of two things: ...

Planets are about as scarce as they can be in our summer evening sky. Earth is the only one that’s visible as darkness falls. Just look down instead of up. All of the major planets that are visible to ...