On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Most of them orbit other stars, but some free-floating exoplanets, called ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

Orbiting its star in an elliptical path at less than half the distance between Earth and the Sun, this exoplanet offers a ...

NASA has made a new out of this world discovery. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently captured evidence of a new planet ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, but does that mean they could host ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...