In a groundbreaking revelation, recent astronomical observations have identified potential Dyson spheres, massive structures ...

Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located ...

Scorching heat breaks down water WASP-18b is a gas giant about 10 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting its star every 23 hours. Its tidally locked orbit means one face is always scorched by starlight, ...

A curious phenomenon has left astronomers puzzled over a strange category of planets orbiting distant stars, according to newly published research. The research challenges fundamental assumptions ...

For the first time, scientists have created a 3D temperature map of a planet outside of our solar system. The exoplanet, WASP-18b, is a massive gas giant that whips around its star in less than a day.

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might ...

It's the first use of a new technique called 3D eclipse mapping. Astronomers have produced the first-ever three-dimensional map of a planet outside our solar system — WASP-18b — marking a major leap ...

Surveys of the Galaxy have found that the most common type of planet is typically closer to its host star than the innermost planet of the Solar System, Mercury, is to the Sun. The orbits of these ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones—one so scorching that it breaks down water vapor, ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for extraterrestrial life more than any ...

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary systems — unchanged and intact." The first-ever detection of heavy water in ...