A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

A recent study has uncovered a dramatic interaction between a planet and its parent star that is reshaping our understanding ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

EXCLUSIVE: Scientists say the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet promises to further understanding of planetary systems.

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted TWA 7b, a Saturn-sized exoplanet around a nearby star ...