Astronomers have peered into an alien planet's atmosphere and found extreme weather unlike anything in the solar system.

The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

Scientists have peered through the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system and discovered weather patterns "like ...

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

NASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...