A dead star in our galactic neighborhood has produced a shimmering, ringed structure that looks uncannily like a cosmic ...

Since the Kepler Space Telescope began its prowl for exoplanets in 2009, it has uncovered a strange pattern among these alien ...

Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway ...

The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

Discovered by volunteer scientists, this alien planet is out of synch with its siblings ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a new, exotic class of exoplanets: super-Earths formed at high ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

It's estimated there may be trillions of rogue planets wandering through the Milky Way, unbound to any star. Since detecting our first ones, we have been presented with an odd mystery.

In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, ...

Astronomers often find exoplanets that look strange, but few discoveries challenge science as deeply as PSR J2322-2650b. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed a world with an atmosphere unlike ...