Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

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How many planets are there in the Solar System? It sounds like an easy question, but it’s more complex than you might think – and actually it’s one we still can’t answer. With scientists finding evide

For the first time, a study has revealed Earth-sized planets orbiting each of the stars in a binary system. An international team found the worlds around a stellar pair called TOI-2267: two small, coo

Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

The year 2025 has been a vintage one for astronomy. In January, we were hooked on reports of a building-sized asteroid on course to collide with Earth. The risk was quickly downgraded from worrying to