Fast-forward to today: we’ve gone from one lonely planet to a catalog of thousands. The pace is accelerating. In 2015, NASA’s ...

In the past three decades astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun ...

This number is monitored by NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) located at the California Institute of Technology's IPAC. Currently, there are over 8,000 candidate planets awaiting ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic ...

That could have not been the case; it could have been that the solar system was a weird fluke.” The first exoplanets were ...

“This milestone represents decades of cosmic exploration driven by NASA space telescopes — exploration that has completely ...

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major leap in space exploration and the search for life beyond Earth.

Lava planets, which have one face perpetually turned toward their star and heated to temperatures capable of melting rock, offer a unique natural laboratory for exploring the interactions ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit so close to their stars that their surfaces are shrouded in thick ...

NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets. This milestone highlights the diversity of planetary systems.

Astronomers have confirmed 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, with thousands more awaiting verification, marking a ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...