Most Alien World We Can Only Imagine
This is not an alien world, anyone of us will ever be able to visit. It's not very far away, only about 40 light years from Earth, but it circles dangerously close to a stellar inferno, completing one orbit in only 18 hours. The alien planet named "55 Cancri e" is 26 times closer to its parent star than Mercury is to the Sun. The temperature on the surface of 55 Cancri e is estimated to be as high as 2,700 degrees Celsius.

Unusual Pulsar Or Alien Signals?
The pulse timing of this object is considered unusual. What kind of phenomenon is related to this object? It is the first time this kind of phenomenon has been observed by astronomers.

The "Cloaked" Star Was Difficult To Find
An object obscured by dust, and buried in a two-star system enshrouded by dense gas, is not easy to find.
A "cloaked" star was discovered after it ate a little of its neighbor. The meal must have given the star a bit of indigestion, because it "burped" with a blast of high-energy radiation, which gave it away.

Astronomical Mystery: Giant Alien Planet Orbiting Three Suns
Binary stars are well-known and even trinary systems may be common but most of them are crowded together and thus, difficult to find and study. Additionally, it has long been considered they are inhospitable to planets...

Giant Jupiter - Our "Would-Be" Friend With Secrets From The Past
It knocked a giant planet into deep space, swallowed up a smaller rival before it could grow any bigger.
Careful observers saw dark spots rapidly changing places and almost a century ago, a luminous protuberance on the eastern edge of Jupiter, on the equatorial side of the north equatorial belt was reported.

Monster Star Thousand Times Bigger Than Our Sun Could Soon Explode - with video
Despite its enormous size, the star has not been identified as yellow hypergiant until recently...

Star Changes Into An Incredible Diamond Planet - with video
How can a star change into a diamond planet? Astronomical discoveries show that what sounds like science fiction is actually reality...

Invader From Another Galaxy
This alien intruder from another galaxy is in many ways different from other exoplanets observed by astronomers.
Located about 2000 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Fornax (the Furnace), the Jupiter-like planet orbits a dying star of extragalactic origin and risks to be engulfed by it.

"Pillars Of Creation" Are Gone
Every time you look at the beautiful and famous image of the Pillars of Creation taken by Hubble back in 1995, you are actually admiring something that no longer exists.
In fact, the Pillars of Creation were already long gone by the time the image was captured!