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

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a dramatic cosmic crash unfolding around a distant star. While reviewing archived ...

Astronomers may have discovered a new type of planet beyond our solar system, according to new research. The exoplanet, named ...

These three exoplanets are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog.

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

When Anastasios Tzanidakis was sifting through some older telescope observations, he stumbled across something that should ...

Two planets crashed into one another in a violent, chaotic collision that astronomers recently witnessed 11,000 light-years away from Earth.

Scientists discover a nearby planet with a molten interior and sulfur-rich atmosphere, L 98-59 d, revealing a possible new ...

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet slightly larger than Earth, covered by a vast magma ocean and wrapped in a sulfur‑rich atmosphere. Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...