Starshade-based methods, both for in-space observatories like the Habitable Worlds Observer or ground-based observatories, have the potential to increase our observational capability without launching ...

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of cumulative discoveries and ongoing research efforts. This achievement, ...

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 ...

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

A recently published report describes a “starshade” currently being developed that would resemble a giant sunflower floating in space. As Liz Kruesi reports, the instrument could allow astronomers to ...

It is a major goal of astronomical research to find planets other than Earth that might be suitable for sustaining life. There are a number of factors which many scientists agree are essential to a ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, helping us answer questions about the evolution of our universe. Astronomers also expect the mission to find thousands ...

The agency has announced it's bringing together experts from a variety of scientific fields in a new coalition to search for alien life on planets outside our solar system. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

In this illustration super-Earth Kepler-138 d is in the foreground. To the left, the planet Kepler-138 c, and in the background the planet Kepler 138 b, seen in silhouette transiting its central star.

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