Aging stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL and ...
When it comes to finding baby, still-forming planets around young stars, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...
Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...
Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.
As telescopes have become more powerful, it's turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...
The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...
A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search ...
Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.
Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...
Comprehensive guide to November 2025 night sky events, including visible planets Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, the year’s brightest supermoon and peak meteor showers.
Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...