So the question remains: Do red dwarf stars make our galaxy a lush and vibrant garden or a sparse desert? Do TRAPPIST-1’s planets have atmospheres? This is what astronomers set out to determine in ...

Astronomers have spotted a free-floating ‘rogue’ planet, named Cha 1107-7626, that is going through a massive growth spurt, ...

What can the galactic habitable zone (GHZ), galactic regions where complex life is hypothesized to be able to evolve, teach scientists about finding the correct stars that could have habitable planets ...

James Webb Telescope tracked weather on rogue planet named SIMP 0136, showing auroras, sand clouds, and temperature changes.

After Webb's launch, Australian scientists used a unique instrument, AMI, to diagnose and correct image distortions. Their ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

A mysterious "rogue" planet has been observed gobbling six billion tonnes of gas and dust a second -- an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said.

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...