Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are waiting to be discovered.

NASA confirms its 6,000th exoplanet, revealing a universe of alien worlds — from lava planets to Styrofoam-light giants. With ...

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 ...

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

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.

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...

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 ...

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 ...