As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

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

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...