Located approximately 700 light-years from Earth, this planet is famous for its extremely short orbital period and extreme ...

This planet, located about 700 light-years from Earth, is known for its remarkably short orbital period and extreme surface ...

Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the ...

A mysterious population of glowing red dots scattered across the early universe has led astronomers to a startling new theory ...

All species in the series draw inspiration from real living organisms and processes seen on Earth, but crank it up to the ...

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets ...