Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred million light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of ...

The findings from Pandora will complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope to give astronomers more insight into stars and planets outside our solar system.

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of cumulative discoveries and ongoing research efforts. This achievement, ...

14 Herculis c one of at least two gas giants – both significantly bigger than Jupiter – that have been observed orbiting a central star in an X-like pattern. Among the nearly 6,000 exoplanets so far ...

On March 3, the Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program (ExoFOP) database surpassed one million user-submitted data files, relying solely on voluntary submissions from more than 1,700 registered ...

A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95% the size of our world. The celestial body is ...

On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very difficult to observe ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Apai, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched ...