How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

The first-ever detection of heavy water in a planet-forming disk around a young star offers evidence that the water predates ...

Much like the murky waters of the deep ocean, the unpredictable fluidity of Earth’s atmosphere can distort any light that ...

That's a big deal, as "PLATO is on track for the final key tests to confirm that it is fit for launch," ESA officials wrote ...

NASA officials respond to reports claiming an exoplanet-hunting balloon crashed in Texas, with the project’s lead scientist explaining what really happened.

What can theoretical models teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets? This is what a recent funding grant from the National Science | Space ...

Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...