JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water. Recent observations with NASA’s advanced JWST telescope have revealed a ...

NASA confirms milestone of 6,000 exoplanets James Webb studies over 100 alien atmospheres Future missions target true Earth-like worlds ...

The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets. This milestone highlights the diversity of planetary systems.

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas ...

New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

Since astronomers found the first planets outside our solar system in 1992 and the first planet around a sunlike star in 1995 ...

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

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

A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...