The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system ...
University of California, Irvine Generally, scientists agree that the chances of our planet being the only one in the ...
Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.
The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...
TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...
A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. There’ s six-planet parade on Monday, Aug. 25, just before ...