Researchers have developed a new coronagraph that could make it possible to see distant exoplanets obscured by light from their parent stars.

Astronomers have discovered a major sign of life — and “the first hints… of an alien world” on a distant planet orbiting ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...

An artist’s rendering of Barnard’s Star, as seen from one of the newly discovered exoplanets orbiting it International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / P. Marenfeld under CC BY 4.0 ...

ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a strikingly unusual exoplanet: one which orbits its host stars in a totally new way. The planet 2M1510 (AB) b orbits two stars — like Luke ...

From boiling-hot gas giants to worlds with bizarre weather patterns, here are five of the weirdest exoplanets scientists have discovered so far. 1. WASP-76 b: The Planet Where It Rains Molten Iron ...

A recent study published in “The Astrophysical Journal Letters” shows a strong indication of life on a distant planet.

So in some sense, alien worlds were not first discovered in the 1990s or even the 1980s. It took nearly a century to fully understand it, but the first evidence for exoplanets was found in 1917.

Two new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting a star belonging to a binary pair located about 250 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation. | Credit: Martin Farnir Astronomers have ...

From boiling-hot gas giants to worlds with bizarre weather patterns, here are five of the weirdest exoplanets scientists have discovered so far. 1. WASP-76 b: The Planet Where It Rains Molten Iron ...