A newly discovered exoplanet may offer astronomers a rare look at how planetary evolution unfolds, revealing the processes ...

A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support ...

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions ...

What can planets orbiting red dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recently ...

Illustration of the planetary system of L 98-59: five small exoplanets orbit closely around this red dwarf star, located 35 ...

The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

A team of astronomers confirms the existence of a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a 35-liter red dwarf.

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...

The first direct detection of a protoplanet confirms a long-held theory while presenting new possibilities for understanding ...

Using the European Space Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) telescope, a team of astronomers ...

The punishing radiation appears to be causing the planet to shed its atmosphere at a rate of at least 1 trillion grams per ...

Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is ...