The first-ever detection of heavy water in a planet-forming disk around a young star offers evidence that the water predates ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Much like the murky waters of the deep ocean, the unpredictable fluidity of Earth’s atmosphere can distort any light that ...

PLATO powered up and extended its solar panels as the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft readies for launch as soon as December.

NASA officials respond to reports claiming an exoplanet-hunting balloon crashed in Texas, with the project’s lead scientist explaining what really happened.

What can theoretical models teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets? This is what a recent funding ...

Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...