New simulations examine whether the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system could host moons, showing that only small, close-orbiting moons could remain stable over long periods ...

Across the Milky Way and beyond, planetary systems appear to fall into a few recurring blueprints, and recent exoplanet ...

The first planet ever found orbiting another star was detected in 1995, and it belonged to a class now known as a “hot Jupiter.” These exoplanets are comparable in mass to Jupiter but circle their ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Learn more about PSR J2322-2650b, a lemon-shaped exoplanet that may be in a toxic relationship with its host star.

The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

Pulsars emit a lot of radiation, in particular high-energy gamma-rays and radio waves pulses. That light is invisible to JWST, which studies the universe in infrared, but it affects the planet’s ...

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This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.