As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

The new exoplanet, Enaiposha, also known as GJ 1214 b has never been seen before and is now officially being called a "Super-Venus." ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this celestial spectacle, known as Herbig Haro 30 or HH 30, highlights a ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen before.