These incredible images reveal the exact moment when planets began to form around a star 1,300 light-years from Earth.

Of all the exoplanets astronomers have found with ages less than 50 million years, TOI 1227 b stands out for having the ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community ...

NASA has found a new “Super Earth” planet just 154 light-years away that’s sending out a strange, repeating signal. The planet, named TOI‑1846 b, is about twice as wide as Earth and around four times ...

Astronomers have detected a massive, Ultra-Hot Jupiter that’s getting dangerously close to its star. It’s more massive than Jupiter and orbits its star more quickly than Mercury orbits the Sun. There ...

Astronomers have uncovered major size errors in TESS planet data, suggesting we’ve found fewer Earth-like exoplanets than we believed.

WASP-121b, an already unusual planet, might have a remote origin that explains some of its peculiar properties—from iron rain ...

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is ...

I learned that potential signs of life were discovered on an exoplanet called K2-18b, which is 120 light-years away from Earth.

Lichens grow in a wide range of shapes and forms. Does their ability to resist UV radiation suggest how microbes might ...

A young planet named HIP 67522 causes violent eruptions on its star, dramatically accelerating the loss of its own atmosphere ...

WASP-121b is unlike anything in our Solar System. This giant planet orbits its star so closely that it completes a full orbit ...