For decades, science fiction treated alien planets like Earth with a different paint job. This video shows how real exoplanet discoveries changed that, forcing writers to imagine harsher climates, ...

Trends in the way that exoplanets are depicted in science fiction (sf) have changed since the first real exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, says a new study from researchers at ...

Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just ...

Scientists have discovered planets orbiting a binary star system just like the fictional planet Tatooine, in a solar system far, far away. The researchers found the planet by accident as they ...

We’re sorry to disappoint Star Trek fans, but the exoplanet often compared to Mr. Spock’s fictional world has turned out to be nothing more than star flickers ...

Although science fiction is not real, several shows base their ideas on what we know about science relating to space and time ...