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 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 ...

In 1928 the writer Jack Williamson recounted Gernsback’s view: Science fiction “takes the basis of science . . . and then adds a thing that is alien to science—imagination. It lights the way.” ...

NEW YORK — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...

Scientists have mapped the atmosphere a planet outside of our solar system in 3D for the first ever time. And they have found a world unlike anything we have ever seen: powerful winds that carry ...

NEW YORK — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...