Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the first confirmed discovery in the 1990s, more than 5,000 have been ...

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 two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our own solar system.

NASA discovered five exoplanets orbiting stars in under 24 hours, challenging planetary models and providing insights into close-orbiting planet evolution.

This Collection highlights the results from the Early Science Release programme of the JWST telescope focused on transiting hot giant exoplanets.

We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until today for investigating ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected what could be distinct signs of life on a “potentially habitable” world nearly 50 million lightyears away. Researchers from the Universities of ...

2023 was a landmark year for exoplanet discoveries, including many that could harbor alien life The James Webb Space Telescope confirmed its first exoplanet sighting and much more ...

Data from NASA's Kepler telescope shows why puffy sub-Neptunes are shrinking to rocky super-Earths.

Exoplanets make up an exciting field of astronomy and offers an amazing opportunity to learn how our planet may have formed.

NASA is asking for the public's help in learning more about exoplanets in a citizen science program called Exoplanet Watch.

Using data from space telescopes, researchers recently found two possible water-rich exoplanets. It bolsters hope for finding life beyond Earth.