Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Staring up at the night sky, you might see thousands of stars sprinkled above the horizon. It feels as though you can see so ...

NASA's quest for extraterrestrial life has unveiled numerous Earth-like exoplanets in habitable zones, providing exciting prospects for discovering life beyond our solar system. Gliese 667Cc ...

open image in gallery This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data (NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmstead (STS) “We worked on data analysis for years ...

The Las Cumbres Observatory captured this image of the two stars ... "We report the discovery of BD+054868Ab, a transiting exoplanet orbiting a bright K-dwarf with a period of 1.27 days," the authors ...

One of these exoplanets, HD 20794d, is likely to be a rocky planet in ... “The HD 20794 system is a high-priority target for future atmospheric characterization with direct imaging facilities,” the ...

(Credit: ESO/L. Calçada) Prepare to be blown away: Astronomers have recorded the most powerful planetary wind thus far — a force that pummels a giant exoplanet with gales faster than the speed of ...

Exoplanets, which are planets beyond our solar system ... "This is something we haven’t seen before." But even without a direct image, astronomers can learn a lot about a world like WASP-127b based on ...

Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star. The system is more than 500 light-years away, and observations suggest that it has dramatic weather and a ...

Data collected in this process called for careful analysis, according to researcher Kazumasa Ohno, opening up new knowledge on the exoplanet atmosphere. Super-Venus GJ 1214 b offers new insights ...