The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

This scene imagines the mysterious beauty of alien worlds beyond our solar system. The landscape features unusual plant life, ...

Unlike our Moon, they can keep water in oceans liquid for more than 4 billion years.

Scientists find entirely new kind of planet - Study suggests that the galaxy’s planets could be far more different than we ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and supplementary observations have revealed a new type of magma planet, rich in sulphur.

Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large ...

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Based on the New ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

PROJECT HAIL MARY is a science fiction thriller about an Earth astronaut who emerges from hibernation only to find his two ...