Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

If alien life exists on the newly discovered JG 251 c, we could know about it in the next 10 years.

Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for ...

Scientists discovered the first binary system, TOI-2267, using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS, revealing a unique ...

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary systems — unchanged and intact." ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and elsewhere, have discovered two new exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars. The ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

Researchers have uncovered three Earth-sized planets in the binary system TOI-2267, offering fresh insights into planetary ...

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar ...