The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Exoplanets may harbor alien life; scientists seek biosignatures through advanced exploration. Could they lead to humanity's ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...