Long before astronomers discovered the first exoplanet in 1992, the idea of worlds orbiting distant stars captivated the ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a 'rogue' cosmic object barrelling through our galaxy without a star, and covered ...

Kepler-452b could be habitable, according to scientists, which arguably makes it one of the strangest planets ever discovered. Of all the exoplanets ever discovered, just a handful have been found ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

IT'S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been located.