Earth goes by many nicknames: Terra, the Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot, Gaia and simply the “blue planet.” Keeping with the tradition, some may call this planet—what remains of it, anyway—the bling ...

Wasp-12b has to be one of the most fascinatingly alien planets out there (even for an alien world, it’s bizarre); imagine Earth and then picture the polar opposite. Only then can you begin to ...

The hottest known planet in our galaxy is being stretched into the shape of a football and rapidly consumed by its parent star, new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The extrasolar ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We have discovered a planet. It gathers in light from its sun, and ...

Astrophysicists have determined that a massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star -- a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly large size of the ...

Exoplanets come in pretty much all colors, including pitch black. The huge, blistering-hot alien world WASP-12b has a reflectance, or albedo, of just 0.064 at most, a new study reports. If you're ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The hottest alien planet yet known may create a shock wave-like shield to protect itself against ...

Earth is doomed — but not for 5 billion years. Our planet will be roasted as our sun expands and becomes a red giant, but the exoplanet WASP-12b, located 600 light-years away in the constellation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Anderton, Kansas City-based science reporter and graphic artist. Out of thousands of known exoplanets, it’s not every day ...

The hottest-known planet in our galaxy is being stretched into the shape of a football and rapidly consumed by its parent star, new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The extrasolar ...