The tiny pebbles left over from a star's formation fed the growth of one of the strangest, wildest worlds humanity has ever ...

The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of ...

Scientists uncover how a new exoplanet changes its host star's chemistry and magnetic behavior in twin-star systems, offering ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

The study suggests Tylos formed in a cold, distant region rich in ice and rocky material before migrating closer to its star, where intense heat vaporized the rocks into silicon monoxide, a planet ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant exoplanet around an M-dwarf star (GEMS). The ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

How it works Diagram showing simulated light from an exoplanet and its companion star (far left) moving through the new ...

In the search for planets beyond our solar system, many scientists focus on finding worlds that could support life. But ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's ...

Scientists suggest a star and its planet are orbiting a second star in two opposite directions in an exotic binary star ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...