Problem is, even nearby earth-like planets are extremely difficult to detect. As a result, most of the extrasolar planets thus far detected are much bigger than tiny earths. They are extrasolar ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

The planet is crumbling so fast due to bombardment from its star that it is losing a "moon's worth" of matter every million years. Soon, it is doomed to vanish entirely. The extrasolar planet ...

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Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

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-stream of its kind ever ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the solar system. This provides another piece of the ...

Science has used this simple planet model until today for investigating exoplanets—planets that orbit another star outside our solar system. "It is only in recent years that we have begun to ...