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

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...

Though our solar system and the movement of its planets appear relatively sedate, there are many things that could upset the balance. Anything with enough mass that got close enough could disrupt ...

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" ...

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

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

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

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

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

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