A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star. Teams in America and Europe achieved this challenging detection by exploiting precision instruments on the world's largest telescopes.

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

It will be a smaller planetary alignment than the one in January, which boasted seven planets; Another planetary alignment is ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

Every now and then, space surprises us– and this time, the buzz is all about four small rocky planets found around one of our ...

“When Barnard’s star was young and active … the star blasted these small planets with X-UV radiation, frequent flares, and dense winds,” said Edward Guinan, professor of astronomy and ...