New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...

Researchers from the University of Oxford have discovered an exoplanet dubbed HD 20794 d ... Best of all, it's just 19.7 light-years away from Earth. This raises the tantalizing possibility ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two ...

Known as exoplanets, these make Neptune seem close indeed. The closest exoplanet – called Proxima Centauri b – is four light years away, or 24 trillion miles. NASA helpfully explains that if we were ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars’ intense heat. Both are ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the detection of a new exoplanet orbiting a bright late F-type star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-6038 A b, is about six times larger and ...

This light curve shows the change in brightness of the ... He called it “one of the most enigmatic exoplanets.” It’s hoped that Janssen can provide insights into the early Earth, Venus ...

Moving at roughly 20,505 miles per hour along the distant world's equator, it’s the fastest known jet stream that wraps ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

orbits a star 520 light-years from Earth. It zips around its host star in just four days, following a slightly skewed orbit. The exoplanet is also likely tidally locked to its star the same way th ...

Exoplanet: A planet that orbits a star outside ... Caustic event: A specific type of microlensing event where the light curve shows sharp features due to the presence of a planet, indicating ...