Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Large and small planets are born from very different circumstances, according to data from NASA’s now-retired space telescope ...

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.