A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

The post Astronomers Spot The Closest Ever Identified Exoplanet In A Habitable Zone, And It’s In Our Nearest Star System ...

Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new exoplanet ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our ...

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet, 51 Pegasi b, opened the door to a field that now boasts more than 5,000 ...

NASA is celebrating a big milestone after the 6,000th exoplanet discovery was confirmed this week. Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets ...

How many planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, exist throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? While that might never be determined, NASA recently announced the total number of confirmed ...