It's hard to believe Planet Zoo - still the best of developer Frontier's modern-day management sims - is six years old. But six it is, and today's birthday celebrations have brought major news, ...

The zookeeping sim Planet Zoo launched six years ago today, and it was pretty good: "Another strong (yet stressful) management sim from Frontier Developments," PC Gamer's number one menagerie manager ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Astronomers have observed a planet that in some ways behaves more like a star — including a massive growth spurt unlike anything witnessed before in a free-floating planet. The rogue planet, which ...

Photoshop CC tutorial showing how to create a frozen, icy planet floating in the middle of a remote star field and back-lit by an intense, stellar light source.

The planet is 100 times the size of earth, astronomers estimate. The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain life, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Planet Zoo has combined the launch of its Asia Animal Pack with the 1.20.0 update today. With this ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in our solar system (after giving Pluto the old heave-ho and demoting it to a dwarf planet) and now researchers say they’ve found a ...

Photoshop CS6 Extended tutorial showing how to make a planet and other celestial spheres caught at the instant it explodes into a supernova.

When you look up in the night sky, our moon is unmissable.Just like Earth, it's round and has a solid, rocky surface. But is our moon actually a planet? The answer is technically no — at least ...

When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists. Even many years later, some astronomers ...

Things have been a mess since Pluto's demotion. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union ...