Scientists uncover how a new exoplanet changes its host star's chemistry and magnetic behavior in twin-star systems, offering ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

Since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered mind-blowing discoveries - from ancient galaxies formed just after the Big Bang to brand-new exoplanets, mysterious cosmic structures, ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's distance from the Sun. And, as an added bonus, the planet is orbiting backward ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Exoplanets are the celestial bodies orbiting stars other than our Sun. Their small size makes them difficult to detect from Earth, particularly as they appear much dimmer than their parent stars.

Researchers found that a tidally locked planet like our nearest neighbor Proxima b could produce significant lightning storms ...

Even at the present time, when humanity possesses extremely modern giant ground observatories, as well as advanced space ...

The universe is vast—almost incomprehensibly so. With billions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, the odds seem high that life exists beyond Earth. Scientists have long searched for signs ...

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

"How planets are born is an unsolved area of research," astrophysicist Daniel Price of Australia's Monash University told Newsweek.

The recent detection of a gas in a distant plant has been linked to life forms has sparked debate among scientists.