Super-Earths, larger planets similar to Earth, are far more common across the universe than scientists previously believed, according to a groundbreaking microlensing study using KMTNet telescopes.

At a frigid -125 degrees Fahrenheit (-87 degrees Celsius), WD 1856+534 b is the coldest planet ever directly observed, ...

Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in our solar system. However, as with all ninth planet research, the new ...

NASA scientists have sought to understand planet Jupiter, the gas giant whose mass is more than the rest of the planets in ...

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists.

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees.

Because mushballs might carry icy material into warmer inner regions, they could shed light on how giant planets move heat and chemicals around inside their deep tropospheres. A cross section of the ...

“They now say they think they’ve detected what are called biomarkers, there are chemicals in the atmosphere of this giant planet that on Earth could only be created by living organisms.

Based on the data at the time, they believed the planet met its doom as the star puffed up late in its lifespan, becoming what is called a red giant. New observations by the James Webb Space ...

What else will the James Webb telescope find out there? William Balmer, John Hopkins University astrophysicist made the following statement, “These giant planets have pretty big implications, If you ...

This transport mechanism is unlikely to be unique to Jupiter. Scientists have hypothesized that similar mechanisms might be at play on all the giant planets in the Solar System, and beyond. Let's hope ...