Planet hunters have grown used to strange worlds, but a handful of discoveries now point to something even more radical: ...

European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's ...

What: New JWST observations probe the possible atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 e, an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a ...

A new study of the red dwarf system TOI-3884 has uncovered rare, persistent spot-crossing signals that reveal unusually detailed information about the star’s magnetic activity and the planet’s orbital ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Researchers present strong evidence for a planet circling two brown dwarfs on a near polar path. The orbit is tilted almost 90 degrees to the pair’s motion. The system lies about 120 light-years from ...

"Abnormal, chaotic and strange" are just a few adjectives astronomers are using to describe a perplexing planetary system 60 light-years from Earth. And for one of the two exoplanets orbiting the ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The gas giants in our solar system—Jupiter and Saturn, along with ...

Recent measurements with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cast doubt on the current understanding of the exoplanet Trappist-1 b's nature. Until now, it was assumed to be a dark rocky planet ...

"It's remarkable in its orbit, it’s remarkable for being in the habitable zone and it’s remarkable for orbiting a bright star." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...