This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

NASA confirms that the number of discovered exoplanets outside our solar system has reached 6,000, marking a major milestone in space research.

Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a star that resembles the fictional Vulcan home of Spock in Star Trek.

The world is experiencing wild swings between drought and deluge, and it spells big trouble for economic and social stability ...

Last week NASA announced the "clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". Amazing news, or a "crushing blow" for humanity?

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

CLEVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi police on Wednesday awaited autopsy results for a Black student found hanging from a tree ...