HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

NASA is set to launch its latest mission, Pandora, in fall 2025 to study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. With the ...

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

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