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 ...

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...

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 ...

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

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

A new planet discovered? The Hubble Space Telescope has detected an exciting new exoplanet, adding to the growing list of strange and mysterious worlds beyond our solar system!

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

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

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