Standing on Proxima b would be unlike anything we’ve ever experienced. Just 4.24 light-years away, this exoplanet orbits the ...

Imagine stepping onto a distant exoplanet, where vast alien oceans stretch beyond the horizon. Based on data from missions ...

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Learn more about WASP-121b, the exoplanet so hot it could vaporize iron.

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

The search for life beyond our planet continues, and one of the most underappreciated tools in an astrobiologist's toolkit is ...

Scientists have discovered the first clear case of a planet causing its host star to flare, offering new insights into the ...