In 2024, researchers reported another far-off world that smells like rotten eggs. HD 189733b, some 64 light-years from Earth, ...

The decades since scientists confirmed the first planet around another star have been rich in discovery, but it’s rare to see ...

Surprise, it's twins.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like ...

Astronomers have observed two planets forming in the disk around a young star named WISPIT 2. Having previously detected one ...

Learn more about L 98‑59 d, an exoplanet 35 light‑years away with a deep global magma ocean ...

The scene around WISPIT 2 is messy in a way that matters. Rings of dust circle the young star, gaps cut through the disc, and ...

Scientists have identified a potential new type of planet that has a sulphurous atmosphere and magma oceans evocative of ...

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...