From 520 light-years away, astronomers have caught a glimpse of a nascent massive world still embedded within its star’s protoplanetary disk.

Phobos and Deimos could have formed from asteroid debris, a new study suggests. An upcoming sample return mission will help test the idea.

In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers describe the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the detection of a new super-Jupiter exoplanet as part of the Next ...

The planet's home star, IRAS 04125+2902, sits just over 520 light-years from Earth, making it quite close in galactic terms.

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift ...

Scientists have discovered a nearby exoplanet that is just a baby by planetary standards, located 520 light-years away.

How can astronomers determine if an exoplanet has water based on Earth’s geological composition? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of researchers led ...

As energy from the sun reaches Earth, some solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, leading to chemical reactions like ...

To date, over 5,500 exoplanets — planets that orbit stars other than the sun — have been discovered, and a large portion of those alien worlds have been observed via something called "the ...

This study holds the potential to help scientists better understand the formation and evolution of exoplanets and what this could mean for finding life beyond Earth. “Astronomy helps us explore our ...