Exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s is an unusual polar orbit of a pair of brown dwarfs. Credit: ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner. Editing: Angelos Tsaousis. Web and technical support: ...

Just two decades after astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 alien worlds. The total will rise even quicker as next-generation telescopes take flight.

For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the planet actually emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. This subtle ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, even though the system is young enough that it should still have a ...

Scientists have discovered methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, a finding that has surprised astronomers studying the outer solar system.

What kinds of planet does a solar system cook up? It depends on the ingredients you throw in. Astronomers report that the planets that arise around a star can have a vast array of structures that ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of ...

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed auroras warming the rogue planet’s upper atmosphere.

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What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address, as an international ...

It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars. Since that very first discovery, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been ...