After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

Since then, over 6,000 confirmed exoplanets —or planets orbiting other stars—have been found, leading astronomers to conclude ...

The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...

What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is ...

An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

A radio signal has been detected, pointing to the possible existence of a magnetic field on YZ Ceti b, an exoplanet 12 ...

Almost all planets in our solar system have moons – why not exoplanets? Astronomers believe they have discovered the first ...

A Russian spaceflyer was pulled from SpaceX's next astronaut mission for violating U.S. national security regulations, ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.