Astronomers have just revealed a massive exoplanet anywhere from three to ten times the size of Jupiter, lurking within the ...

A team of astronomers confirms the existence of a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a 35-liter red dwarf.

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...

The first direct detection of a protoplanet confirms a long-held theory while presenting new possibilities for understanding ...

The ESA's INVICTUS initiative has entered the race to develop potentially revolutionary reusable hypersonic flight technology ...

For centuries, humanity has gazed into the night sky, wondering if there are other planets capable of supporting life. Among the thousands of exoplanets discovered beyond our solar system, most differ ...

Over 5,600 exoplanets, worlds beyond our solar system, have been discovered, and each one challenges what we thought we knew ...

Using the European Space Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) telescope, a team of astronomers ...

The punishing radiation appears to be causing the planet to shed its atmosphere at a rate of at least 1 trillion grams per second, according to a new study involving NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according to a new ...

"This is an ultra-hot Jupiter, and orbits much closer to its star than any other hot Jupiter ever discovered." ...

Scientists using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered an exoplanet, which NASA defines as “any ...