One thing we've learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we've confirmed nearly 6,000 planets, and we have evidence for thousands more. Most of these planets ...

"We have no way to determine how different exoplanets really look in detail yet, and this makes them a rich space for creativity." As shocking as it sounds today, prior to the 1990s, scientists ...

When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region around a star where planets receive enough stellar energy to have ...

This artist’s concept depicts a potential volcanic moon between the exoplanet WASP-49 b, left, and its parent star. New evidence indicating that a massive sodium cloud observed near WASP-49 b is ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming that it is not surrounded by any exoplanets, JWST images reveal.

A new study suggests that extreme temperatures could lead to a mass extinction event, ending the reign of humans and mammals ...

In May 2024, the first exoplanet orbiting TIC 393818343 was detected. The planet, which received designation TIC 393818343 b, ...

Humans don't fare well in microgravity None of the other planets in our solar system are capable of sustaining life Exoplanets are too far away to reach So what's the point of crewed spaceflight ...

Comet C/2023 A3 — better known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — is fading in brightness as it speeds away from the Sun and Earth in the evening sky. It’s still visible to the naked eye in a dark sky ...

WASP-49 b is a gas giant exoplanet that's around three times less massive than Jupiter and located 635 light-years from Earth ...

The goal? To gather data from two distinct perspectives and enhance the knowledge of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system, similar to Uranus. The astronomers used Uranus as a proxy for ...