The study of exoplanets has come a long way since the first detection of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995.

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Astronomers aimed the Very Large Telescope in Chile at a nearby exoplanet and discovered jet stream winds blowing nearly 80 ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a new super-Earth with an ‘eccentric’ orbit that swings it in-and-out of its star’s habitable zone ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

For millennia, humans have asked whether we are alone in the universe, yet the discovery of aliens still eludes us. But if ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years away from Earth - and it's believed to ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...