What can exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study posted to the arXiv preprint server and submitted to the American ...

Planets lacking plate tectonics and sufficient carbon dioxide and oxygen could make advanced civilizations like ours ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made a groundbreaking discovery on exoplanet K2-18b. Scientists say they may have detected signs of life in its atmosphere. This could change how we see the universe ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in025. Billions more are waiting to be ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...

But those claims were quickly met with pushback. Independent analyses of the same JWST data suggested the team's evidence for ...

The exoplanet was discovered during preliminary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. Experts say they could soon ...

The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions ...

JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water. Recent observations with NASA’s advanced JWST telescope have revealed a ...

For years, astronomers have been excited about the idea that some planets beyond our solar system might be covered by vast, ...

New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.

Astronomers have taken a huge leap towards discovering habitable worlds, and the world now eagerly anticipates a rocky planet ...