What planet is most like Earth? Reseachers have identified several exoplanets similar to our planet, but none that are an ...

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing ...

How did hot Jupiters end up orbiting so close to their stars, thus earning their moniker? This is what a recent study ...

James Webb observations show TOI-561b, an ultra-hot rocky exoplanet, has a thick atmosphere that redistributes heat.

Exoplanets come up a lot these days, usually in headlines about distant stars, strange atmospheres, or the possibility of ...

A strange world just 47 light-years from Earth is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about alien planets. Hidden ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet, evidence that small planets close to stars ...

Earth exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars, identifying specific candidates that may have retained detectable atmospheres.

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is leading a mission to seek the elements necessary for life on exoplanets in far-away ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.