If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly double our solar system's speed through the Milky Way. The planetary system is thought to move at least 1.2 ...

We have never directly detected volcanic activity outside our solar system, in part because current telescopes aren’t powerful enough to take images of exoplanets’ surfaces. We might be able ...

The sometimes monthly pronouncements that astronomers have detected yet another potentially habitable extrasolar planet, one that might possibly harbor life, have become somewhat akin to Aesop’s ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way. A group of astronomers may have discovered a planetary system that races through ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet ...

The new findings have opened up opportunities for future studies of Earth-like exoplanets that may have conditions suitable for life. The new planet HD 20794 d has a mass of six times bigger than ...