In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Surprised astronomers just discovered a world that blurs the line between planet and stellar remnant, hiding in a system ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has found a unique exoplanet. This Jupiter-sized world orbits a pulsar closely. Its atmosphere ...

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

"Abnormal, chaotic and strange" are just a few adjectives astronomers are using to describe a perplexing planetary system 60 light-years from Earth. And for one of the two exoplanets orbiting the ...

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The distant planet appears to be in the shape of a lemon as the pulsar's intense gravity stretches the planet.

Astronomers are scratching their heads at the odd chemistry, which hints at soot clouds and possibly diamond formation deep ...

NASA is celebrating a big milestone after the 6,000th exoplanet discovery was confirmed this week. Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets ...

Planets orbiting two stars at once, a world that sparked debate over the possibility of life, and another being vaporized by ...

The satellite was brought out of safe mode on May 3, continuing its scientific observations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA ...

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...