Learn why only 14 out of over 6,000 exoplanets orbit two stars, and how Einstein’s general theory of relativity may be to blame.

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

Trained on data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting missions, the open-source ExoMiner++ deep learning model uses an advanced ...

Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Polygon has rounded up the best icy sci-fi planets from our favorite video games, movies, television, and books ...