Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water ...

What you're looking at here is the aftermath of a sun-like star that eventually reached the end of its life and poofed out ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Bengaluru: Around 18 individuals and institutions have so far borrowed telescopes and binoculars from the Jawaharlal Nehru ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar ...

As best the origins of Earth are understood, we're all just a bunch of stardust, and new observations from the JWST lend credence to that theory.

Astronomers have observed a free-floating planet accreting massive amounts of gas and dust, shedding new light on planetary formation.

Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is suspected to be causing unusua ...

Our solar system now, once again, officially consists of only eight planets. Although largely debunked, speculation continued ...