Scientists detected the very first exoplanets around a pulsar — a type of rapidly rotating dead star — and because pulsars ...

“It’s a chemical signature no ordinary, ‘first-generation’ planet should carry, which told us that this new planet was ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Space just got a lot more crowded: scientists said they've uncovered about 10,000 new exoplanet candidates hidden in NASA data. A new research paper published this month in the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek. In an unusual twist, two groups working independently ...

Could black holes have planets? New research says yes, they could. New simulations suggest massive planets could form in the ...

Astronomers could multiply the known catalog of planets outside our solar system by a factor of roughly 16 in a single mission. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a flagship observatory ...

Up until now, exoplanet surveys have mostly focused on nearby, bright stars that are sun-like or are red dwarfs, which are known to frequently host planets. While astronomers have discovered thousands ...

Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have led an international team in the discovery of a rare new planet, which is larger than Jupiter and orbits a distant star every 180 days. Named NGTS-38 b, ...