For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant ...

Astronomers have discovered two Jupiter-sized planets, designated TOI-791b and TOI-791c, orbiting a distant star, and they ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the first atmosphere around a surviving planet around a white dwarf. Credit: NASA ...

Of all the strange worlds in our Milky Way galaxy, some of the most mysterious are those hanging around white dwarf stars.

Astronomers have discovered two giant 'super puff' exoplanets that are about the size of Jupiter but astonishingly low in ...

A gas giant planet called WD 1856b, orbiting the burned-out core of a dead, sun-like star. And in a new study published today in Nature, researchers report an even wilder discovery: Not only is WD ...

For much of the summer, planet watchers have had to contend with bright dawn skies and awkward viewing angles. Several ...

University of Oxford researchers have discovered two Jupiter‑size ‘super‑puff’ planets lighter than candy floss, orbiting a ...

A reader (and astronomy expert) gets to grips with this one, pointing out that Earth’s future fate is still uncertain – and that elements found in nuclear waste aren't great building blocks for biolog ...