EXCLUSIVE: Scientists say the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet promises to further understanding of planetary systems.

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

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers claim in a new study.

In this series of images, which are digital manipulations of real photographs, Mr. Fournier depicts how our flowers and plants might look had they evolved in the kinds of extreme conditions that ...

Turning down starlight to spot new exoplanets New coronagraph could reveal hidden planets beyond our solar system Date: April 18, 2025 Source: Optica Summary: Researchers have developed a new ...

When Star Wars debuted in 1977, astronomers had yet to confirm an exoplanet with the same orbital path as Skywalker’s home world. It would take another 16 years before experts located an actual ...

While the researchers want to learn more about the exoplanet, named 2M1510 (AB) b, they can draw comparisons with the fictional Tatooine in Star Wars, a desert world that orbited two suns.