Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

Life as we know it needs liquid water. For liquid water to exist on a given planet, it has to lie in a specific region called the “habitable zone” or “Goldilocks zone”. This zone is estimated using ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

Astronomers Discover a Rogue Planet the Size of Saturn Drifting Through Our Galaxy ...