Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging ... Eager to know more about how the exoplanet's oddball weather patterns came to be, an international team ...

NASA has officially confirmed over 5,000 exoplanets. These worlds include icy, rocky, and gas planets with unique characteristics. Some could even harbor life. Among the most fascinating are ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

NASA discovered five "ultra-short-period" exoplanets orbiting their stars in under 24 hours, defying speed limits and challenging current planetary formation theories. A gas giant that orbits its ...

And astonishingly, it's managed to drag its exoplanet along ... a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a NASA statement. "If so, it will be the first planet ever found ...

An artist’s concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard ...