A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky ...

Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

K2-18b, which has eight times the mass of Earth, just might be covered with a massive ocean and blanketed by an atmosphere ...

Super-Earths can exist in wider orbits around their parent stars than was previously believed, suggesting these Earth-like ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...