Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...
"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...
European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...
NASA’s relentless pursuit of the unknown has led to the development of groundbreaking exoplanet-hunting technology. With its latest mission, NASA has uncovered hidden worlds beyond our solar system, ...
Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...
Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...
After cataloging thousands of worlds beyond our solar system, astronomers are now closing in on a far rarer prize: a moon ...
After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...
The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.
Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...