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New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
In a known star system about 66 light years away from Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signal…
PTI
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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
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Using the Webb telescope, scientists may have found the ‘best bet’ for an ocean world outside our solar system!
Among all known temperate exoplanets, this is possibly the most promising candidate for confirming …
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A new measure of planetary chaos may be essential in the search for extraterrestrial life, study suggests
While the quest for life beyond Earth traditionally focuses on the presence of water, warmth, and s…
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Astronomers find planet that seems too humongous to be orbiting its parent star!
A group of astronomers has identified a planet over 13 times the mass of Earth in orbit around an u…
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Astronomers discover a possible water world in the search for a habitable planet, report says
A group of Canadian researchers have said the exoplanet, known as TOI-270 d, would likely be too wa…
Cameron Manley
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The first-ever exoplanet discovered was born at least a 100 times farther away from its Sun than where it is now — and has six chemicals in its atmosphere to prove it
Osiris, officially called HD 209458 b, is the first-ever planet that astronomers spotted beyond the…
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ExoMiner, a new machine learning method helped discover 301 exoplanets
A new deep neural network program called “ExoMiner” is helping scientists in discovering exoplanets…
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Scientists discover Mercury-like exoplanet where a year is only eight hours long
Planet GJ 367b was discovered by scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Pl…
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Scientists discover giant gaseous planet almost three times larger than Jupiter
By going through data from TESS, Jacobs helped spot the gaseous planet now identified as TOI-2…
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A newly found ‘super’ Earth only takes 2.4 days to complete a year
That means where Earth takes 365.25 days to complete a year, this new super Earth does in less than…
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Arecibo Observatory is shutting down — here are some of the most groundbreaking discoveries it inspired, including one that led to a Nobel Prize
The Arecibo Observatory is one of the biggest in the world, responsible for some of the most crucia…
Prabhjote Gill
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Exposed: The first exoplanet to bare its core only takes 18 hours to complete a year and sizzles at 1,500 degrees Celsius
730 light-years away an exoplanet— a planet that lies outside the Earth’s solar system — is the f…
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How exoplanet hunters find alien worlds hundreds of light-years away and figure out if they have water
Using data from space telescopes, researchers recently found two possible water-rich exoplanets. It…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope remind us, yet again, how improbable it is that we're alone in the universe
Webb's first deep field image is a reminder that the universe is full of galaxies with diverse worl…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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A planet thrice the size of Jupiter discovered due to its 'strange orbit'
It took 20 years of observations to figure out that the planet has an 'highly eccentric'…
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Astronomers have discovered a star and potentially habitable planet that are strikingly similar to the sun and Earth
Scientists discovered an Earth-like, potentially habitable planet about 3,000 light-years away. Its…
Holly Secon
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Habitable earth-sized planet discovered but its Sun doesn't set for over two weeks
The Earth isn’t going to last forever. Scientists continue to debate over what poses the greater …
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A second Earth-sized world orbiting a dwarf star discovered by scientists
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-s…
ANI
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Astronomers using a NASA space telescope spotted the first signs of a planet beyond the Milky Way
If this planet exists, it's orbiting a dead star or a black hole and it only passes through Earth's…