The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

In a new study, scientists discover that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously ...

The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...

Experts spotted a new, young planet with a strange behavior orbiting a dwarf star. It is 10 times bigger than the Earth and ...

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Astronomers, including Triaud, have made strides in the last few years in detecting planets in multi-star systems by ...

Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life.

A recently-discovered comet could have appeared in the night sky with the naked eye, but its passage near the sun has turned ...