The study of planets beyond the solar system has reached an unprecedented milestone, with over 5,700 confirmed exoplanets.

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

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

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

How do you dust a star for prints? Scientists have the answer to this strange question: by reconstructing the magnetic field ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...