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

"We found an overdensity of planets in this region, indicating a sharp transition between the barren Neptunian Desert and the more populated Neptunian Savanna." ...

A doctoral student at the University of Kansas led a study last may that discovered 15 new exoplanets. The study set a record ...

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

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

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

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

Astronomers have discovered an enormous exoplanet in the Great Bear constellation. The newly identified planet is referred to ...

Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers says scientists are ‘in striking distance’ of finding life on an exoplanet ...