Observations from revealed no signs of cometary activity after it passed closest to the Sun in September and was henceforth reclassified as an interstellar asteroid and named 'Oumuamua'

Unique cigar-shaped object is first interstellar asteroid

The European Southern Observatory said it had discovered the planet, Ross 128b, orbiting a star within the constellation of Virgo and it is comparatively 'close' at just 11 light years outside the Solar System

New planet could support life: Observatory

There is much more work to be done to understand what aliens might be like and where we might find them

What evolutionary theory can teach us about the appearance of aliens

Scientists say the Earth could have been formed from planetary objects colliding with each other

Early Earth may have been donut-shaped: study

The planet has been discovered in the distant solar system on an orbit far beyond Neptune. It is 18 times smaller than Earth

'Dwarf planet' discovered in distant solar system

The planet, called HD 131399Ab, would experience three sunrises and sunsets during one season and all daylight in another

Astronomers spy giant planet that circles three suns

Scientists want to know how much water the planet contains to learn about the origins of the solar system's second largest celestial body

NASA space probe to lift the veil on Jupiter

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