I would create a planet larger than Earth called ... and I would be able to escape the harshness of reality. My new planet would be named Nouveau Monde, which means “new world” in French.

shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out in the ... of dust to the north-west (upper right) where a new planet is forming. The paper concludes that the clump is being shepherded ...

New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can trigger the formation of ...

January's sky brings a planet parade, Mars opposition, and the Quadrantid meteor shower. Enjoy Venus and Saturn's close ...

The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like ...

Astronomers have nabbed a rare opportunity to watch a planet shrink in real-time. The Jupiter-sized planet, located 160 light years away, is orbiting its host star so closely that the star is ...

As far as impressing your potential new boss goes, discovering a planet on day three of your internship at NASA is up there. That's what happened to 17-year-old Wolf Cukier while helping out at ...