A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers. The exoplanet, known as super-Earth TOI-561b, was discovered in 2020, ...

The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered exoplanet that may orbit within the outer edge of its star's habitable zone, ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, if more detailed analyses verify preliminary observations from the James Webb ...

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.

Dr. Leonardos Gkouvelis, researcher at LMU's University Observatory Munich and member of the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, has solved a fundamental mathematical problem that had obstructed the ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello, hello. REGINA BARBER AND EMILY KWONG: Hey, Ailsa ...

What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a “super-Jupiter” has substantial differences from our solar system’s ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star. The newfound alien world, designated ...