Orbiting its star in an elliptical path at less than half the distance between Earth and the Sun, this exoplanet offers a ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Jupiter is called a “failed star.” Made of star-like material, it lacks the mass to ignite ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...

How light is light? The James Webb Space Telescope has just been able to directly image a planet so light and faint that, in ...

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted TWA 7b, a Saturn-sized exoplanet around a nearby star ...

A theory by Albert Einstein has helped astronomers discover a rare exoplanet, sparking new ideas of where they can be found.

Explore how mass spectrometry is transforming planetary science – delivering key data from space missions to Titan, Venus and ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...