Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

The new exoplanet Elias 2-24 b is the youngest ever discovered, still forming in a cloud of debris around a young star just ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium ...

Astronomers have searched a nearby system with two stars for giant planets—and found none. But the result could help guide future searches for smaller, rocky worlds, including planets that might have ...

Scientists believe life on alien worlds may be constrained by the same factors as on our planet.

Astronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million ...

But the universe also hosts worlds that break away from this familiar image. Some planets drift alone through space without a central star, while others are so distorted by intense gravity that they ...

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For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals from a planet beyond our solar system, according to a study ...

There is no chance in hell our species will be able to reach another Earth-like planet in the Universe in the foreseeable future, so the only way we can get a sense of the habitability of such places ...

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