"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...
A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights ...
Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.
Are we alone in the universe? While no one can say for sure, space scientists know where to start looking—exoplanets. An ...
At a famous 1950 lunch among physicists, Enrico Fermi wondered, "Where are all the aliens?" How far have we come toward ...
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...
The water layers of exoplanet Kepler-138d (right) make up a depth of about 2000 km of the planet. The Earth (left) has an average ocean depth of less than 4km. (Benoit Gougeon/Université de Montréal) ...
"It’s death by a thousand cuts." Nasa's eagle-eyed Kepler Space Telescope spotted TrES-2b - the darkest known exoplanet - in 2011. It reflects less than 1% of any light that hits it, allowing it ...
Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...