exoplanet

Scientists confirmed the existence of seven new planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1.

A planet has been found in the habitable zone of the closest star to Earth aside from our ...

Astronomers are finding new exoplanets in other parts of the galaxy all the time. So why is it ...

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read that the “first Earth-like exoplanet” has been discovered.

Stunning exoplanet images and spectra from the first year of science operations with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) ...

Two new exoplanets discovered via NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope are more like our own planet than any far-off ...

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft makes a comeback with the discovery of the first exoplanet found using its new ...

The most detailed weather map ever made of an exoplanet orbiting another star 260 light-years away from Earth ...

Exoplanets roughly the size of Earth may be more likely to support life if they have companion planets. ...

Scientists believe most exoplanets, which are located far beyond our solar system, are composed of elements similar to ...

Given that we are unlikely to be visiting an exoplanet any time soon, astronomers have been contemplating whether ...

Over the past two decades, almost 1,500 exoplanets have been discovered orbiting distant stars – but Dutch astronomers ...

In the Star Wars universe, everyone’s favourite furry aliens, the Ewoks, famously lived on the “forest moon of ...

Astronomers have for the first time discovered a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet that might hold liquid water—a necessary ingredient ...

People around the world are being invited to learn how to hunt for planets, using two new online ...

A new, planet-like body has been found on the outer edges of the solar system. This object, called ...

There is excitement in astronomy and planetary science departments worldwide as the new Gemini Planet Imager turns its ...