A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

Harvard scientists studying the mystery of water and life on ancient Mars believe they may have finally found a solution.

The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

Using transits, we can study the existence of atmospheres on planets like these. "If a planet with an atmosphere goes in front of a star, that alignment means the starlight goes through the planet ...