Astronomers have discovered 85 possible exoplanets outside the Solar System which could potentially sustain life after ...

It’s the second-coolest star found to host planets after the famous TRAPPIST-1 star system, which hosts up to seven planets and has been subbed “solar system 2.0.” Published in the journal ...

Astronomers have found a cool, Earth-sized planet that's relatively close to our Solar System. The properties of this newly discovered planet - called Ross 128 b - make it a prime target in the ...

A planet has been found orbiting a three-million-year-old star. Better still, it transits across the star’s face from our perspective, offering opportunities to see the starlight passing through ...

Each JuMBO pair comprises two gas giants, each between 0.7 and 30 times the mass of Jupiter. These "rogue" planet partners have been found orbiting each other — but not a parent star — at a distance ...

The lead scientist, Prof Giovanna Tinetti of University College London (UCL), described the discovery ... in a planet category known as a "super Earth" - and has a temperature cool enough to ...

Scientists' best theories on how planets form could be wrong, new research suggests. Astronomers studying a still-forming planet beyond our solar system have found that its chemical makeup doesn't ...

Thanks to new research published in Nature Astronomy this week, we now know that astronomers have discovered a group of up to 170 rogue planets free floating through space. Rogue planets ...

The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.