Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet's atmosphere. Still, researchers caution ...

Most have been found via microlensing: their gravity acts as a lens that boosts the light of a background star in a ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Probing these wacky celestial bodies can help us understand how conditions beyond our solar system may yield planets vastly different from our own, said study author Thomas Baycroft with the ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take ...

Scientists have found what they are calling the strongest sign yet of possible life beyond our solar system after detecting the chemical footprint of gases in an alien planet's atmosphere that on ...

The team ran simulations of 100 different planetary systems, each comprised of anywhere between three to 10 planets that, much like the worlds of our own solar system, were on near-circular ...