"We found an overdensity of planets in this region, indicating a sharp transition between the barren Neptunian Desert and the more populated Neptunian Savanna." ...

What is a brown dwarf star? These formations often defy classification, blurring the line between planets and stars.

China set to unveil long-term vision for space science The Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to accelerate its progress ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers says scientists are ‘in striking distance’ of finding life on an exoplanet ...

New Starlink satellites’ radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, scientists discover ...

A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

Astronomers find a way to measure temperature changes in a star with greater-than-ever precision, a breakthrough that ...

Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or ...

"Our observations indicate the presence of powerful iron winds, probably fuelled by a hot spot in the atmosphere." ...

When Jared Bryan talks about his seismology research, it's with a natural finesse. He's a fifth-year Ph.D. student working ...

Astronomers have uncovered the "Neptunian Ridge," a newly identified feature in the distribution of exoplanets. This ...