Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's ...

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

This artist’s concept shows the volatile red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 and its four most closely orbiting planets, all of which ...

Researchers have come up with a color-coded key that could prove crucial in detecting signs of life on exoplanet clouds.

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

Scientists have detected the first direct evidence of a coronal mass ejection from a star beyond our Sun, specifically the M dwarf StKM1-1262. This ma ...

A team of scientists is developing a "quantum-sensitive" device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it's nearly impossible.

Several years ago, astronomers pointed a telescope at another star and discovered something remarkable: seven planets, each one about the same size as Earth. The planets were quite close to their ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

For the first time ever, astronomers have spotted a powerful coronal flare (cme) from a star other than the Sun.