"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

The Kepler space telescope has helped us discover many potentially habitable exoplanets that may harbour life. How does it find them? How do we know these exoplanets are habitable? Could there really ...

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...

IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 ...

BYUH students share their understanding of exoplanets and what humanity’s enduring hunt for life outside the solar system ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

Exoplanets may harbor alien life; scientists seek biosignatures through advanced exploration. Could they lead to humanity's ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look nothing like Earth, and gases rarely considered in the search for ...