The CRIRES+ instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has been used to measure the ...

What new methods can be employed to help astronomers distinguish the light from an exoplanet and its host star so the ...

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

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...

Just two decades after astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 alien worlds.

NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own.

In the past three decades astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun ...

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

The James Webb Telescope has revealed fierce auroras, storms, and unchanging sand-like clouds on the rogue planet SIMP-0136.

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