Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that a distant alien planet's atmosphere is surprisingly lopsided. Located 1,300 light-years away, the scorching gas giant WASP-17b ...

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has helped astronomers achieve a world first: detecting radio signals directly from a planet ...

For years, astronomers have wondered whether another huge planet is lurking unseen in the cold darkness beyond Neptune. It ...

A new baby planet has been found, which is the youngest exoplanet in the galaxy as we know it. Around one million years old, the new find is the youngest alien planet ever seen by space explorers, and ...

The newly discovered exoplanets, designated as GJ 9827 b, c and d, are located fairly close to their host star, completing orbits within 6.2 days. ESO A nearby 'super‑Earth' just 25 light years from ...