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

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...

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

A global team of astronomers led by a Turkish scientist has discovered four new exoplanets, one of which lies within the ...

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

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

TESS launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2018 to study exoplanets that transit their star from our perspective, meaning they ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new exoplanet orbiting a bright K-type star known as TOI-283. The newfound alien world, ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

A new study suggests mysterious water worlds may be manufacturing their own oceans through chemical reactions deep within ...