We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
The JWST has spotted the presence of carbon dioxide on HR 8799’s four known planets, part of a system astronomers use to ...
More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...
2025 — 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 ... Mar. 13, 2025 — Astronomers have ...
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...