Here’s why it’s so special. Located 32 million light-years from Earth in the Pisces constellation, the M74 Phantom Galaxy is essentially face-to-face with our planet. This makes it a popular subject ...

Also known as Messier 74, ESA reported ... has traveled 1 million miles through space. The newest planet to the galaxy?: NASA astronomers say they may have found it. Natalie Neysa Alund covers ...

The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. The spiral galaxy is about 32 million light-years from Earth.

Our galaxy has planets aplenty. Our sun possesses at least eight of them, and in recent years, we’ve learned that most other stars have some, too. But according to a new simulation of star ...

There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, according to new estimates. There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun ...

The recent exoplanet spotting by NASA’s Kepler probe revealed there might be more than a million Earth-like planets in our galaxy. Now a new estimate says as many as 1 out of every 37 sun-like ...

Here’s how it works. Alien planets are incredibly common in our Milky Way galaxy, outnumbering stars by a large margin, a new study suggests. On average, each of the 100 billion or so stars in ...

Too far away, and it's a frozen wasteland. But according to new research, most stars in the galaxy have so-called "Goldilocks planets" that sit in the habitable zone, where temperatures are just ...

All life on Earth needs water to survive, so when scientists look for signs of life throughout the galaxy, planets with water are always at the top of their list. It was a surprise to see evidence ...