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

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

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

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

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

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

A screenshot of James’s animation “Planets and dwarf planets to scale in size, rotation speed & axial tilt in distance order from Sun”. Credit must be given to the creator. Only ...

As of 2025, astronomers have identified at least 14 stars within 10 light-years of the ... Barnard's Star is a small, dim red ...

Shields stressed that this results in a much faster rotation period—10 hours—for the white dwarf exoplanet, while Kepler-62's exoplanet has a 155-day rotation period. While both planets would ...