A team of researchers has demonstrated a new way in which sub-Neptune-sized exoplanets could produce a great deal of water.

When Galileo pointed his telescope at Saturn and Jupiter, he had just discovered the nature of two giant planets. Later came Uranus and Neptune, two more gas giants. Since then, astronomers have ...

In the search for extraterrestrial life, the presence of water is a key signature of possible habitability. Identifying why ...

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

This artist’s concept shows the volatile red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 and its four most closely orbiting planets, all of which ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still searching for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

A global team of astronomers led by a Turkish scientist has discovered four new exoplanets, one of which lies within the ...

The team identified planets around three stars, including TOI-5799c, which may have an atmosphere and conditions suitable for liquid water.

Scientists have long assumed that, like rocky planets such as Earth, sub-Neptunes begin with molten magma oceans. Their thick ...

A team of international astronomers, led by Turkish doctoral student Selçuk Yalçınkaya, has unveiled four new exoplanets – ...