A giant planet may be orbiting the nearest Sun-like star to Earth, and the discovery is sparking excitement across the ...

While the planet itself is unlikely to support life, its moons could be promising candidates for habitability.

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of ...

A NASA telescope has detected its clearest signal yet of a potential Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting around a distant star complex. The system, known as Alpha Centauri, is more than four light-years ...

I recently disembarked a European river cruise on a 1930s barge, which transformed my understanding of cruising. The ...

A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including an astronomical discovery and a sighting of a popular actor ...