A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?

Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

Astronomers detected hundreds more new worlds beyond the solar system this year and worked to better understand what makes them tick. The number of confirmed exoplanets — planets that don't orbit the ...

Artist's concept depicts new research that has expanded our understanding of exoplanet WASP-69 b's "tail." NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve our search for habitable worlds.

Astronomers have discovered a distant exoplanet with a tail that stretches over 5.5 million miles long. Astronomers have accidentally found a planet with a debris trail like a comet that stretches up ...

That's a big deal, as "PLATO is on track for the final key tests to confirm that it is fit for launch," ESA officials wrote ...

A depiction of a gas giant planet with rings orbiting a distant star. Astronomers detected hundreds more new worlds beyond the solar system this year and worked to better understand what makes them ...

Astronomers have discovered a distant exoplanet with a tail that stretches over 5.5 million miles long. Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares / MIT illustration Astronomers have accidentally found a planet with ...