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

Thousands of exoplanets have been found, but only a few stand out as truly Earth-like. These 16 may be the most promising ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA ...

Eta Cassiopeiae, a nearby double star system, may host stable Earth-sized planets. Its lack of giant exoplanets makes it ...

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

A new study of the red dwarf system TOI-3884 has uncovered rare, persistent spot-crossing signals that reveal unusually detailed information about the star’s magnetic activity and the planet’s orbital ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life. Binary star system Eta Cassiopeiae, located just 19 light-years away, ...

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?