Scientists use the Webb Telescope to explore Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system, searching for exoplanets. Discover how ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

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

Can we really reach another solar system? This video explores how humanity might colonize Proxima Centauri B, our closest potentially habitable exoplanet, located in the Alpha Centauri system. We ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and ... common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ...

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

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

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

Of the roughly 6,000 exoplanets we’ve discovered, a significant number are in the apparent habitable zones of their stars.

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

THERE are planets beyond our own that could be hiding untouched paradises.  Exoplanet LHS 1140 b is just one of them – and ...