Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or ...

NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years - Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers ...

It is thought that exoplanets with continents that formed in a similar way to Earth’s are more likely to be habitable, and perhaps even contain alien life. In the process, she calculated when several ...

"Our observations indicate the presence of powerful iron winds, probably fuelled by a hot spot in the atmosphere." ...

Astronomers have uncovered the "Neptunian Ridge," a newly identified feature in the distribution of exoplanets. This ...

In an eccentric twist, the hot Jupiter spotted in 2005 was found to be in an orbit just over six days long. The recently ...

China set to unveil long-term vision for space science The Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to accelerate its progress ...

A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

An international team, including UNIGE, unveiled the "Neptunian Ridge", an overdensity of Neptunes nestled between the ...

Astronomers study stars by looking at the different colors of light they emit—colors they capture and analyze using ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

When distant exoplanets pass in front of their star, they block a small portion of the starlight, while an even smaller portion penetrates the planetary atmosphere. This interaction leads to ...