Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...

Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...

The results show a circular “hotspot” on the side of the planet that always faces its star, surrounded by a cooler ring at ...

Since then, over 6,000 confirmed exoplanets —or planets orbiting other stars—have been found, leading astronomers to conclude ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far. Scientists are even beginning to move beyond mere detections, and working on ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

A radio signal has been detected, pointing to the possible existence of a magnetic field on YZ Ceti b, an exoplanet 12 ...

Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists, because it ...