In new research, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how more than 200 known exoplanets are likely much ...

A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star ...

Though our solar system and the movement of its planets appear relatively sedate, there are many things that could upset the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...