Scientists spotted the heavy water (which we'll get into in just a moment) in the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around ...

The Mauve telescope, developed by London-headquartered start-up Blue Skies Space, is the size of a small suitcase and carries ...

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

Experts have determined it to be a "super-puff," an exoplanet with a large but extended atmosphere. The most noteworthy ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s concept shows how they range in size and composition, although scientists ...

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

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

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could potentially form.

An instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our solar system by harnessing the power ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...