That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...

The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.

Since the Kepler Space Telescope began its prowl for exoplanets in 2009, it has uncovered a strange pattern among these alien ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

Discovered by volunteer scientists, this alien planet is out of synch with its siblings ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Scientists have perhaps discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen ...

The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

Just decades after the first exoplanets were identified, our database of the distant worlds—monitored by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute—has breached a new threshold. Now, astronomers have ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

As part of the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020), the Panel on Exoplanets, Astrobiology, and the Solar System will identify and articulate the scientific themes that will define ...