Two separate research teams have observed a previously unseen microlensing event, confirming the existence of a particular ...

Astronomers believe the free-floating planet is around 22 percent the mass of Jupiter and lies 3,000 parsecs from the Milky ...

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 ...

A new machine learning model has predicted that there are 44 Earth-like planets in other star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, with researchers from Switzerland claiming that the algorithm at the core ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study. A combination of cosmic processes shapes the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet, evidence that small planets close to stars ...

In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models from a team of MIT, NASA, and Carnegie scientists begin to describe an even wider ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

Just two decades after astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 alien worlds. The total will rise even quicker as next-generation telescopes take flight.