The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.

Data from the Kepler project has confirmed a new world that fulfills the telescope's goal of locating Earth-sized planets ...

How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

A new study suggests molten rock layers within massive exoplanets create powerful magnetic fields that can protect potential ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Five exoplanets and eight planet candidates have been found around nearby stars, including a “cold Neptune” and two super-Earths that are potentially habitable, according to a new study. The two super ...

This week, a new analysis of Jupiter's atmosphere estimated that the gas giant has 1.5 times more oxygen than the sun.

Astronomers have flagged a new planet in our cosmic neighborhood that hits several key habitability notes, and it’s close enough that future mega-telescopes might actually see it directly. Researchers ...

NASA has discovered a new super-Earth that has a year only lasting a few hours. The exoplanet K2-141b, was found very close to its orange sun-like star, and has an orbital period of less than one ...