Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A yellowish-orange glow bathes Phainoterra, a planet of dramatic ...

There's so little we know about circumbinary planets—planets that orbit two stars instead of one—that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy. And for good reason: to date, we've only confirmed the ...

There may be a warp in the Kuiper Belt, possibly caused by “Planet Y” — a Mercury-to-Earth-sized world that orbits the sun way beyond the orbit of Neptune. Is there a mysterious “Planet Y” orbiting ...

A nearby Earth-sized planet offers a rare chance to study how atmospheres survive or disappear on rocky worlds.

TUCSON, AZ. — The University of Arizona has unveiled groundbreaking images of young planets using a new instrument, MagAO-X, that offers unprecedented detail. Astronomers at the University of Arizona ...

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying ...

Astronomers do not have a photo of Kepler-22b, but they used the so-called 'transit method' to detect it from 640 light-years away. - NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech illustration In Apple TV’s Pluribus, a ...