The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

Cancri e is a so-called super- Earth, a rocky planet significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, which orbits its star at a distance of only 1.4 million miles (0.015 astronomical ...

Earth' exoplanet, HD 20794 d, was published in the scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Located approximately 19.7 light-years away from Earth in the Eridanus constellation, the exoplanet is ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying ...

GJ 1214 b, absolutely a planet with an unusual structure. It occupies a rare middle ground between Earth-like rocky planets and Neptune-like ice giants, but it's neither hydrogen-rich nor ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - called HD 20794 d - may house water, according to the international ...