The team detected a huge gas giant dwelling in the protoplanetary disk of MP Mus, which had been previously hidden. This represents the first time Gaia has spotted an extrasolar planet or "exoplanet" ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant exoplanet, significantly larger than Jupiter, concealed within the gas and dust disk of ...

Might the next Earth-like world be lurking in the brilliance of a nearby red dwarf, biding its time for the appropriate technology to uncover it? The James Webb Space Telescope has issued a resounding ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive exoplanet, potentially ten times the size of Jupiter, hidden within the protoplanetary disk of young star MP Mus.

The discovery of a potentially habitable exoplanet by the James Webb Space Telescope sparks fresh curiosity across science ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an exoplanet no one had seen before. This marks a turning point in space ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own ...

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known for powerful flaring, and since they're dim and their habitable zones are ...

Astronomers discover a new strategy for detecting exoplanets: look for aligned binary stars that reveal hidden worlds more ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...