A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential biosignatures on the exoplanet K2-18b, raising new excitement about the ...

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...

For many years, astronomers have been fascinated by the mystery of exoplanets—those planets located outside our solar ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

NASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

A tiny star is making big moves — whether its accomplice likes it or not. Astronomers have spotted a star just a fraction the ...

Is life as rare as we once believed? A new Penn State study suggests that intelligent life is more likely than previously ...

Many scientists have long thought that developing planets should resemble the swirling disk of gas and dust that births them.