Latest about Exoplanets
5 Earth-like worlds may lurk in the outer reaches of the solar system, simulations suggest
The young sun may have captured several Mars- or Mercury-size exoplanets that now orbit in the outer reaches of the solar system, but identifying them will be extremely challenging.
Scientists have a new way to find oceans — and possible alien life — on distant planets
Scientists have proposed a new technique to help researchers identify oceans on exoplanets — a key step to finding life outside our planet.
NASA identifies 17 planets with possible subsurface oceans, and they could be fit for life
A new NASA survey identified 17 exoplanets that may have the right conditions for liquid water oceans hidden beneath icy shells. The planets could be good candidates in the search for alien life.
Enormous planet discovered around tiny star could break our understanding of solar system formation
The massive planet LHS 3154b orbits a star much smaller than Earth's sun, and its discovery could upend everything we think we know about how solar systems form.
6 alien worlds have been 'waltzing' in perfect rhythm for 4 billion years
Six exoplanets with sizes between Earth and Neptune have been in rhythm with each other since they were born around the same star 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.
Scientists may finally understand why large alien planets keep turning into 'super-Earths'
New research finds that certain large exoplanets are shrinking due to internal processes, creating an abundance of rocky 'super-Earths'.
James Webb telescope detects 'fluffy' alien planet that rains sand
Clouds of silicate sand exist high in exoplanet WASP-107b's atmosphere, new James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal.
The oldest continents in the Milky Way may be 5 billion years older than Earth's
Several exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.
