Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.

GJ 1214 b, nicknamed Enaiposha, is a planet discovered 47 light-years away that has been reclassified from a mini-Neptune to ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.