WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy - two to three times the diameter of Earth but smaller than Neptune, and orbiting closer to ...

HAT-P-67 b, a gas giant exoplanet, is currently the widest known, with a diameter exceeding twice that of Jupiter. Despite its large diameter, HAT-P-67 b possesses less than 60% of Jupiter's mass, ...

The densities of the seven exoplanets vary by no more than 3%. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The seven rocky planets orbiting ...

An analysis of the first three years of data from NASA’s Kepler mission, which already has discovered thousands of potential exoplanets, contains good news for those searching for habitable worlds ...

One of Saturn’s rings has revealed properties of its core, hidden deep beneath the planet’s golden atmosphere. That core isn’t the lump of rock and ice that many scientists had envisioned, the new ...

Universe Today – Asteroid Hygiea is Round Enough That it Could Qualify as a Dwarf Planet, the Smallest in the Solar System. Within the Main Asteroid Belt, there are a number of larger bodies that have ...

The Pandora Space Telescope will study 20 promising worlds that could host life ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planet parade with four planets visible to the naked eye on the evening sky, Mars on left, ...

The trifecta, discovered by NASA’s TESS, includes a “super-Earth” and two “sub-Neptunes” in a system called TOI-270. ByKatherine J. Wu Wednesday, July 31, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next NASA's Transiting ...

Scientists have discovered two planets orbiting a red dwarf, including a “Super-Earth,” just 120 light-years from Earth. The research, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, notes that exoplanets ...