A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

This artist's concept animation shows the orbital dynamics of KOI-134 system which, in 2025, a paper revealed to have two ...

Indeed, this was how the most successful exoplanet hunter so far, NASA's Kepler space telescope, discovered over 3,300 confirmed exoplanets and thousands more candidates. How transit timing variations ...

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

By studying faint vibrations within stars, scientists using the Keck Planet Finder have discovered internal features that ...

This discovery marks the first known case of a compact planetary system with such a noticeable tilt between close planet ...

And, scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have detected what they like to call a ...

Solar flares can reshape exoplanet atmospheres within days, affecting temperature, winds, and potential habitability.

Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could ...

When astronomers first discovered exoplanets, they found massive ones orbiting large stars. The technology to detect smaller planets around low-mass, dim red dwarfs took time to develop. By the ...

For those who have seen Star Wars, even those who may not be huge fans, there are some planets that stick out in the films.

The first ever space telescope, the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2), was launched into the low Earth orbit in ...