What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

Webb has directly imaged a young gas giant planet roughly the size of Saturn, our solar system's second-largest planet, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery. It has found its first new planet named TWA 7b. This ...

"We show how planets in binary systems can undergo a mirrored migration process, so that both stars end up with hot Jupiters.

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

NASA is preparing for severe cuts under the White House’s proposed budget for 2026. The budget, released in May, highlights ...

Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

Astronomers confirm TOI-5573 b, a rare, miniature Saturn-like planet orbiting a small star, challenging theories of planetary ...

The European space telescope PLATO of the European Space Agency (ESA), scheduled to start its search for Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars from ... How have planet systems formed and how do ...

The findings underscore Webb's capability to explore low-mass planets around nearby stars, offering new insights into planet ...

Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make ...