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

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

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study planet formation. They observed the star cluster NGC 346. They found ...

A No Man's Sky player sees a weird glitch involving freighters while exploring a planet in the space survival game's massive ...

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

The mysterious exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b, located in the TRAPPIST-1 system 40 light-years from Earth, has once again captivated ...

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

The budding planet, called PDS 70b ... Mathematically perfect' star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?

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 ...

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

A traveller in No Man's Sky shares the coordinates to a beautiful Earth-like world of their own discovery for any players who ...