"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, only a select few show promise. Here we look at some of the most habitable exoplanets ever discovered ranked through their similarity to Earth. The result ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of star system HR 8799 have been time-lapsed. The system hosts four planets that are more massive than Jupiter. Video making & motion interpolation: Jason Wang (UC ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been discovered ...

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

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

Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia's ability to ...

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 ...

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