Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

This video transports viewers to Planet Altamira, a vividly imagined terraformed world where alien ecosystems flourish in ...

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 ...

Also known as Planet 4, Paradise was perhaps the home of a city of Engineers, perhaps not; only Ridley Scott (and his upcoming Alien: Paradise) knows for sure.

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.

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 ...

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.

It is science fiction made fact: ... Since its March 2009 launch, Kepler has flagged more than 2,300 potential alien planets; while only a small fraction have been confirmed to date, ...