A team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet with one of the tightest orbit around its star, and it seems to be ...

The probe's first encounter will be with the asteroid Eurybates in August 2027. According to NASA, Lucy will conduct four ...

Last week the James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of what they believe to be a previously unknown exoplanet ...

EXCLUSIVE: Scientists say the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet promises to further understanding of planetary systems.

When astronomers first discovered exoplanets, they found massive ones orbiting large stars. The technology to detect smaller planets around low-mass, dim red dwarfs took time to develop. By the ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...