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.

The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

From a galaxy far, far away to somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea… Director Shawn Levy has revealed the first look at “Star Wars: Starfighter,” a spinoff in the space opera series starring Ryan ...

There is a direct link between Earth’s crust formation and meteorite impacts influenced by the Milky Way’s structure, as found by a new study.

The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years away and their civilisation would ...