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

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists. The planet, called WD 1856+534 b, is a gas giant exoplanet the size of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's impression of the red dwarf star TOI-6894 (foreground) and its giant planet orbiting ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research. The Ohio State University study ...

Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets ...

A giant planet may be orbiting the nearest Sun-like star to Earth, and the discovery is sparking excitement across the astronomy world. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have detected ...

Eta Cassiopeiae, a nearby double star system, may host stable Earth-sized planets. Its lack of giant exoplanets makes it ...

The story of a red giant star and a nearby black hole is less a tidy cosmic romance than a forensic case file, pieced ...

(CN) — In a study published in the Astronomical Journal on Monday researchers explain how their detailed chemical analysis of gas giants in a solar system some 130 light years away sheds light on the ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...