It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars.

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets around a young ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

New simulations suggest sub-Neptune planets may be drier than thought, challenging the "water world" hypothesis and reshaping ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

The CRIRES+ instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has been used to measure the ...

Researchers detect 7 complex molecules, including acetylene and benzene, marking 1st chemical snapshot of moon-forming ...