Worlds upon worlds await us in the cosmos and we’re finding more all the time. Before 1992, we weren’t even completely certain planets existed outside of our solar system. Now, astronomers are finding ...

A team of scientists has confirmed that the nearby star GJ 887 hosts at least four planets, one of which could be a habitable ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...

FREWSBURG — Recently, a new discovery has been made in the astronomy world in the form of a new exoplanet, Wolf 327b, which orbits the nearby red dwarf star, Wolf 327. The discovery has local ...

Kepler-62f (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.04) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-62, the outermost of five such planets ...

"This discovery is important because long-period exoplanets are difficult to detect." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...