Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

First-year students in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered ...

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b. When you purchase through ...