A newly discovered exoplanet has a unique feature never observed before: it is completely molten. This discovery could reveal ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting TOI-4616—a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, ...

Astronomers studying a dim red dwarf star called LHS 1903 have found a four-planet system with an architecture that defies the standard rules of how rocky worlds take shape. The outermost planet in ...

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and ...

A new planet has been discovered by a Galway-based student. Chloe Lawlor, a PHD student at the Centre for Astronomy at the University of Galway’s Ryan Institute, says she originally thought the planet ...

A newly found giant planet in the WISPIT 2 system gives scientists a rare chance to study how planets form in real time.