Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...

A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...

What can a piece of debris from another star tell astronomers about planets they may never see directly? The answer has changed dramatically since the first confirmed object from another star crossed ...

Are aliens real? The question has animated conspiracy theories for decades and enthralled at least one former president of the United States. In a recent interview, Barack Obama became the first ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life, researchers say. The world – named GJ 251 c and lying less than 20 light years away – is thought to be a “super Earth” ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

New research finds that certain large exoplanets are shrinking due to internal processes, creating an abundance of rocky 'super-Earths'. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...