It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars.

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets around a young ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a carbon-rich circumplanetary disk around exoplanet CT Cha b, providing insight ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...

The exoplanet was discovered during preliminary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. Experts say they could soon ...

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...