When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There are currently more than 5,800 known planets beyond the solar system. Artist Martin Vargic ...

The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission unveiled beautiful new images last week together with the publication of its first scientific results. Among the papers yet to be peer-reviewed, there is an ...

Because white dwarfs are much smaller than our Sun, an Earth-sized planet that crossed in front of it would block more of its light, which should make these planets easier to spot. So astronomer Eric ...

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first ...