The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

A new habitable planet that orbits a sun-like star been discovered by scientists. The exoplanet, a planet outside our solar system, was originally discovered two years ago by Oxford University ...

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple system closest to our own sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the ...

A planet has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have been able to see the exoplanet – ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a possible gas giant the size of Saturn in the stellar system nearest our own ...

Astronomers have observed the first direct evidence of a dying, ancient sun-like star devouring an exoplanet. Using the Gemini South telescope in Chile – which is operated by the National Science ...