Are we alone in the universe? While no one can say for sure, space scientists know where to start looking—exoplanets. An ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...

Some exoplanets rain molten iron, others are largely composed of diamond. Some worlds orbit two suns — and some orbit no star at all. From boiling-hot gas giants to worlds with bizarre weather ...

Gravitational microlensing occurs when one star passes directly in front of a background star ... three of the smallest rocky exoplanets yet detected—each no larger than Mars—closely orbit ...

A new study challenges traditional models of how planets form. A new analysis of existing data suggests that exoplanets with masses comparable to Jupiter may have formed significantly earlier than ...

(CNN) — After decades of searching, astronomers have uncovered some of the strongest evidence yet of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star system to Earth. The four ...

A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research. A fresh look at past data reveals that ...

The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, had just been announced, and almost no-one believed it. The method used to detect it was indirect, the signal was small, and the data were hard to parse.

Two new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting a star belonging to a binary pair located about 250 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation. | Credit: Martin Farnir Astronomers have ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Gas giant exoplanets, similar in mass to Jupiter, form much earlier than previously believed, likely within 1 to 2 million years. This challenges existing ...