This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets were confirmed by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. Now, with the aid of Nasa spacecraft and ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of ...

American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over 6,000.

Astronomers have discovered that many sub-Neptune exoplanets, once thought to host vast oceans, are far less watery than ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have confirmed the discovery of two rocky exoplanets orbiting a nearby K-type star, designated TOI-2322. The results, published on ...

By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

NASA has confirmed the discovery of 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system. The achievement comes just three years after the count reached 5,000 planets. The official tally is maintained by ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

NASA confirms that the number of discovered exoplanets outside our solar system has reached 6,000, marking a major milestone in space research.

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...