Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far.

Fictional alien worlds have evolved to resemble the real ones astronomers are finding. Trends in the way that exoplanets are depicted in science fiction (sf) have changed since the first real ...

The planet Atlas on Alien Worlds Season 1. Pic credit: Netflix. Alien Worlds is a new four-part science fiction docuseries that premiered on Netflix on December 2.. The series, narrated by actress ...

The sci-fi series portrays a fictional alien civilization on a planet that flips between stable and chaotic eras. Image: Netflix By now, I’m assuming that we’ve made our way through all eight ...

Planets like Skywalker's fictional home of Tatooine in the "Star Wars" movie series might have more potential for habitability than planets in other systems, research suggests. IE 11 is not supported.

One of the alien lives imagined on planet Eden in Episode 3 of 'Alien Worlds' ©2020 Netflix, Inc. Alien Worlds was released this week on Netflix NFLX, ... Blending scientific facts with fiction, ...

Astronomers have for the first time discovered two alien planets whirling around a pair of stars: a complete solar system with twin suns just like Luke Skywalker's fictional home world Tatooine.

Living planets such as Mogo, Pandora and Unicron are popular in science fiction movies and comic books. But is there any proof that giant sentient planets could actually exist?

Desert planets like the one depicted in the science fiction classic "Dune" might be the most common type of habitable planet in the galaxy, rather than watery worlds such as Earth, a new study ...