The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the ...

Astronomers in a recent breakthrough have identified a first-of-its-kind planet characterised with a unique hellscape and ...

Unlike our Moon, they can keep water in oceans liquid for more than 4 billion years.

A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...

Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant ...

Astronomers have discovered 41 new alien planets in one sweep by analyzing how each world gravitationally yanks on its neighbors. The newly confirmed exoplanets were spotted by NASA's prolific Kepler ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Jupiter-size planet around a distant star has given astronomers a rare glimpse into the effects ...

If there's one modern astronomical concept that has successfully permeated the mainstream media, it's the "Goldilocks zone." Not only is it associated with the search for alien life, one of the more ...