Scientists recently announced they had found potential signs of life on a planet 124 light years from Earth. While the bold claim has been challenged, the mere prospect is enough to inflame a ...

If you find yourself on an ice planet, either something has gone wrong, or it’s gone horribly wrong. Science fiction stories are littered with frost-covered globes, and they usually break down into ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Astronomers say a bit of science fiction is now reality. They've spotted a planet orbiting two suns. The discovery was made by NASA's planet-hunting telescope Kepler.

the idea sounds like science fiction, but the question has a real scientific edge: could dinosaur-like creatures exist on ...

Learn why only 14 out of over 6,000 exoplanets orbit two stars, and how Einstein’s general theory of relativity may be to blame.

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