If you think you've met the wildest exoplanet yet, you haven't learned about TOI-4507 b. This strange world breaks almost ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has changed the game for planet hunters. Recent readings found what look like the first clues ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Thirty years ago, astronomers didn’t know if planets around other stars were common. Today, NASA says we’ve confirmed 6,000 exoplanets — a staggering number considering the first definitive discovery ...

Astronomy news today is packed with discoveries about the Sun, including tiny solar loops and hidden engines that drive solar ...

NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets, planets beyond our solar system, a milestone that underscores how far the search for alien worlds has come in just three decades. The discovery ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve our search for habitable worlds.

Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s concept shows how they range in size and composition, although scientists ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it there anyway ...