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

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

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

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the atmospheric origin of exoplanet GJ 1214 b and its results challenges ...

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

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 ...

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 some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

With winds blowing at 20,500 mph, "the planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own system," scientists said.

Astronomers have identified a unique exoplanet, GJ 1214 b, nicknamed Enaiposha, which has defied previous classifications. This hazy planet, located about 47 light-years away from Earth ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away ... be to observe the atmospheres of exoplanets directly," said Xavier ...