The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.

Scientists detected the planet, designated TOI-3261 b, using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS ). This ...

Researchers have reiterated that the signs of life found on this planet which is located nearly 120 light years away require ...

New research reveals a fourth planet in the Kepler-51 system, altering our understanding of this unique system with three ...

Astronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet with a long "tail" of gas trailing behind it. As NASA details in a recent ...

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of two exoplanets orbiting a nearby star known as HD 101581.

Astronomers studying a still-forming planet beyond our solar system have found that its chemical makeup doesn't fully match the swirling gas and dust disk from which it formed. The finding ...