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 ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

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

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

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

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

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 system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...