On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

The search for extraterrestrial life oscillates between hope and skepticism. A recent study reports promising clues about a ...

A close-in exoplanet is triggering stellar flares and self-destructing. This is the first direct evidence of planet-star ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered ...

Last week the James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of what they believe to be a previously unknown exoplanet ...

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...

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

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

A planet that is snuggled up closely with its host star may be igniting colossal flares that strip it of its own mass.

A team led by Tomas Stolker has discovered a young gas giant exoplanet orbiting a 12-million-year-old star, while its ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...