The study of exoplanets has come a long way since the first detection of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

But according to an international team of researchers, including some from the University of Geneva, in a study published ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

It was Johann Kepler, almost exactly 400 years ago, who declared that each planet speeds up as it approaches the Sun in its ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...