NASA has released two horror movie-style posters for Halloween, celebrating two real exoplanets where the conditions would be frightful for any human. The agency has also made them downloadable so you ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Artist’s concept of Kepler-186f, an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star in the ...

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet, 51 Pegasi b, opened the door to a field that now boasts more than 5,000 ...

This discovery is out of this world. For the first time since its operations began in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a direct image, published by the journal Nature, of a new ...

This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery. Far beyond the familiar planets of our solar system lies a staggering ...

Far beyond the familiar planets of our solar system lies a staggering diversity of alien worlds: exoplanets that orbit distant stars, each with its own story written in starlight. Some are scorched ...