“This system is unique because we are able to view the planet illuminated by its host star, but not see the host star at all, ...

Astronomers have identified an exoplanet whose atmosphere and shape are out of the ordinary, raising questions about its origin. This discovery indicates conditions so extreme that they challenge ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered PSR J2322-2650b, a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet with a carbon-rich ...

Astronomers have discovered an unusual lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a pulsar, a type of dense, rapidly spinning dead star, ...

Astronomers are scratching their heads at the odd chemistry, which hints at soot clouds and possibly diamond formation deep ...

The distant planet appears to be in the shape of a lemon as the pulsar's intense gravity stretches the planet.

Scientists have discovered a completely new type of exoplanet 2,000 light-years from Earth (a light-year is the distance ...

As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets (planets around other stars), scientists are increasingly able to piece ...

Not your grandfather's galaxy -- Our backyard -- A plurality of worlds -- What is a planet? -- The Kepler spacecraft -- 55 Cancri E : diamond world -- Haven : rogue planet -- Ice world -- Kepler 186f ...

NASA's TESS satellite identifies thousands of exoplanet candidates using the transit method, yet most detections are initial and necessitate extensive, resource-intensive follow-up observations for ...