Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have already been found. Thanks to rapidly advancing telescope ...

Space is all around us. We live on planet Earth but there are loads more planets up in space. There are also stars and moons. The closest star to Earth is the Sun. In our solar system there are 8 ...

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical? Technically, planets are round, by definition; they need to have enough ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, known as Barnard's star. The newly discovered exoplanet has around half the mass of ...

the solar system's most massive planet. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! This object is likely to be a "brown dwarf," a body often referred ...

Not long ago, I was complaining that there were no planets in sight for me and my fellow evening observers. That situation has definitely changed, thanks to our two brightest planets making ...

While exploring the vast reaches of the Solar System and the Milky Way, Prof Cox believes humanity must harness its political and technological will to explore and colonise other planets ...

Autumn will see a return of bright planets to the evening sky. Saturn reached opposition, with the Earth positioned between it and the sun, on Sept. 8 and is now visible all night long.

The researchers think that there may be more planets orbiting Barnard's Star, and hope to examine the solar system further to catch a glimpse of them. "There are some additional candidates that we ...

Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. A planet has been found around the closest single star to us. The planet orbits around Barnard’s star and has been given the name Barnard b.

What are all of the Starfield planets? Starfield features over 1,000 planets spread across more than 100 star systems. On average, each system will have around ten celestial bodies for you to explore.

Bethesda has released a deep dive into Starfield expansion Shattered Space, offering a first meaningful look at gameplay. The video, below, shows off Va’ruun, the new planet Starfield players ...