For all our technological progress, humanity remains confined to a single planet. But that may not always be the case. Over ...

Astronomers have now confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets orbiting distant stars, marking a significant milestone in humanity’s quest to understand planetary systems beyond our own. According to Space.com, ...

Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release. The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbits ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

What seemed like new planets around Fomalhaut were actually expanding dust clouds from violent planetary collisions seen by Hubble.

For the first time, astronomers have found a planet the size of Earth around another star. The scientists, using a sophisticated NASA observatory that scans incoming light from stars, announced the ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Over the last three decades, astronomers have discovered more than 6,000 planets outside our solar system — yet none that look just like home. That might be about to change. A new telescope project ...