By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been discovered, thanks to the way the planet's gravity drags its star around on its journey through space.

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

An artist's impression of the exoplanet Gaia-4b orbiting its star, tracing the shape of its orbit. | Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC/M. Marcussen. One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a ...

With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4b—one of the ...

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

The largest exoplanet in the known universe? With twice the radius of Jupiter, the exoplanet HAT-P-67 b may be the largest ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Using NASA's exoplanet-hunter TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered the fastest disintegrating planet ever seen.

For centuries, planets beyond our solar system—called exoplanets—existed only in theory and science fiction. It seemed nearly impossible to detect planets light-years away, since the ...