During its exploration of deep space, the Webb telescope will closely observe 20 exoplanetary systems. Scientists have organized a global search for the perfect names for these other worlds.

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Back to Article List Name Day: IAU contest names 20 new exoplanets A worldwide event to name extrasolar planets and their stars has wrapped up. Here are the winning selections.

A far away planet may have characteristics for life via air and water. NASA Although the name isn’t so moving, its potential is. “Of all currently known temperate exoplanets, LHS 1140 b could ...

The ill-fated exoplanet is designated Kepler-1658b. As its name indicates, astronomers discovered it with the Kepler space telescope, a pioneering planet-hunting mission that launched in 2009.

Data from the massive telescope also suggests the exoplanet, the name for a planet outside the solar system, may also have a surface covered in water and an atmosphere rich with hydrogen.

Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet observed by the groundbreaking James Webb Telescope.

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

(SCIENCE TREK MUSIC) JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: Exoplanets generally have numbers instead of names. Well, first of all, there are a huge number of exoplanets out there.

But there’s more to biosignatures than atmospheric chemistry. On a planet with lots of plant life, light can be a biosignature, too. The search for biosignatures on exoplanets got a boost of ...