To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just finding distant worlds, they are cataloguing places with molten surfaces, ...

But is it a planet or what?

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

The science fiction genre is home to many fascinating, terrifying, and breathtaking worlds that stretch the limits of imagination, from the hive of scum and villainy that is Tatooine in Star Wars to ...