An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers claim in a new study.

Tracking exoplanets via orbital mechanics isn't easy. Plenty of variables could affect how a planet moves around its star, and determining which ones affect any given exoplanet requires a lot of ...

Turning down starlight to spot new exoplanets New coronagraph could reveal hidden planets beyond our solar system Date: April 18, 2025 Source: Optica Summary: Researchers have developed a new ...

When Star Wars debuted in 1977, astronomers had yet to confirm an exoplanet with the same orbital path as Skywalker’s home world. It would take another 16 years before experts located an actual ...

Space Exoplanet found in odd perpendicular orbit to brown dwarf star pair It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion By ...

This Collection highlights the results from the Early Science Release programme of the JWST telescope focused on transiting hot giant exoplanets. With its extended wavelength range and its ...

A far away planet may have characteristics for life via air and water. NASA Although the name isn’t so moving, its potential is. “Of all currently known temperate exoplanets, LHS 1140 b could ...

This Nearby Exoplanet Is Hot, Dangerous—and Smells Like Rotten Eggs Located about 64 light-years away from Earth, the world is the first place astronomers have detected hydrogen sulfide outside ...

Scientists made an exciting -- and pungent -- announcement about a nearby exoplanet this week, finding that a planetary body with a likeness to Jupiter smells of rotten eggs. Analyzing data ...

Now a network of citizen scientists has confirmed one of those exoplanets, a “warm Jupiter” sitting about 300 light-years away, that represents an intriguing new class of planet that will help ...

Like Kepler-10 b, illustrated above, the exoplanet HD 63433 d is a small, rocky planet in a tight orbit of its star. HD 63433 d is the smallest confirmed exoplanet younger than 500 million years old.

Every exoplanet discovered has the potential to tell scientists more about the origins of planet formation, the universe and life. In March 20233, news broke that NASA’s TESS discovered a ...