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

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.

One of seven Earth-sized planets, TRAPPIST-1d, caught the attention of NASA researchers and is one of the promising planets ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

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

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

See imaginative exoplanet worlds by St. Ann’s fifth graders at Blakemore Planetarium, Museum of the Southwest, on view ...

Astronomers have uncovered a unique exoplanet system, revealing a surprising and rare pattern among its planets. The ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

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 ...

Scientists discovered Earth’s episodic squishy lid, showing intermittent tectonic activity, revealing new insights into ...

Subtle variations in the star’s brightness suggest it once collided and merged with another star, an explosive event that ...