For over 10 years, scientists have been decoding the mysterious atmosphere of a famous “Pink Planet.” Now, thanks to ...

A new study gives fresh insight into what happens to planets after the death of their star. The post Science reveals fate of ...

A pair of sibling gas giants originally spotted by citizen scientists are so lightweight that their density resembles wispy ...

A small, rocky world orbiting a red dwarf star just 25 light-years from Earth now looks more like a plausible candidate for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A yellowish-orange glow bathes Phainoterra, a planet of dramatic ...

Researchers have discovered a planet which, by all intents and purposes, should not be there. The world, coined WD 1856 b, is slightly larger than Jupiter and circles a dead star only about the size ...

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an ...

A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more top down than bottom up. By Katrina Miller When it comes to making a planet, ...

I’m a planetary scientist who was born the year of Sputnik’s launch. Over the course of my 40-year career, I’ve witnessed not one but at least five separate revolutions that fundamentally transformed ...

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could ...