Long before astronomers discovered the first exoplanet in 1992, the idea of worlds orbiting distant stars captivated the ...

Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

In a new Astrophysical Journal Letters paper, researchers from the University of California, Riverside, describe these gases, ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly capture images of the planets in the star system HR 8799, which ...

What can carbon dioxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study ...

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar ...

Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...