Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Astronomers have spotted a Saturn-sized world drifting through a region of space that theory once said should be almost empty ...

The driest desert in the world has stunning salt flats, epic stargazing, and scenic trails Located at the northern tip of ...

Luke Skywalker famously said if there was a bright center of the universe, Tatooine was the planet it was farthest from. That didn't stop it from becoming the most famous planet in a galaxy far, far ...

Flamingos feed in Laguna Chaxa, a salt-rich lagoon in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It’s a location that flamingos have adapted to live in over millennia. But each year, is still a struggle. November 2024.

Frank Herbert’s Dune is epic sci-fi storytelling with an environmental message at its heart. The novels and movies are set on the desert planet of Arrakis, which various characters dream of ...

As the oldest and driest desert on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert is a treasure trove of discoveries for scientists and tourists alike.

The sci-fi film Dune: Part Two is out in theaters now. The movie takes place on the harsh desert planet, Arrakis, where water is scarce and giant,... Could Dune really exist? What scientists think of ...

Giant worms aside, how likely is it that human beings could live on a desert planet like the ones seen in Dune? That’s what researchers set out to learn. Alex Farnsworth, Michael Farnsworth, and ...

Star Wars sometimes gets teased by fans for spending way too much time on desert planets while there’s a wealth of colorful, vivid possibilities in a galaxy of limitless imagination. But how much time ...