A NASA-funded team has created a new model that explains the scarcity of planets with masses between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. The new model aims to explain two puzzling observations that ...

Scientists on a new project led by CU Boulder will develop “worlds in a box” to study the conditions that might make far away planets habitable. The research is part of NASA’s Interdisciplinary ...

Today, the number of confirmed exoplanets stands at 5,197 in 3,888 planetary systems, with another 8,992 candidates awaiting confirmation. The majority have been particularly massive planets, ranging ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Project Planet: Earth Vs. Humanity Screenshot credit: Fifth Harbour Studios Will you save your fellow humans, or destroy them as planet Earth? Impossible ...

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An artist's interpretation of a pair of "Tatooine worlds" orbiting two suns. An artist's interpretation of a pair of For just the second time ever, astronomers have discovered multiple "Tatooine ...