"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

To test this idea, the new study looks at an exoplanet known as VHS 1256b. It has a mass of around 20 Jupiters and is one of ...

After cataloging thousands of worlds beyond our solar system, astronomers are now closing in on a far rarer prize: a moon ...

There is a new method to detect and map spots on stars by "using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets." ...

Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space telescopes that future NASA missions require to search for habitable worlds.

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...