Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

Using direct imaging, astronomers have found a brown dwarf that could help test technology for taking snapshots of Earthlike ...

"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...

New James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is ...

NASA has decided to launch a telescope in space to look for life on 20 distant planets.According to Time Magazine, NASA next year will launch a far smaller than usual telescope, weighing just 716 ...

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, with the help of the world’s most powerful telescope, ventures through the Milky Way and into the universe beyond, on the hunt for alien worlds.

Previous claims of exomoon discoveries haven’t stood up well to replication, but perhaps a new method will have more success.

Unlock the mysteries of the cosmos with groundbreaking revelations about exoplanet K2-18b! Dive into JWST's September 2023 ...

As Santa sits at the North Pole anticipating the discovery of life on some far-flung planet he might be somewhat nervously scanning the latest scientific literature to see which exoplanets are hot top ...

A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

With temperatures reaching almost 2,000 degrees Celsius on its dayside, LTT 9779 is one of the few known planets in the "hot ...