We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...

A trip to planets outside our solar system could tell scientists a lot — even if no extraterrestrial life is found ...

It's possible for our solar system to capture a rogue planet and give it a home as it hurtles through the galaxy, according to a new study. In 2017, astronomers at the Pan-STARRS1 observatory were ...

Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System ... in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ... Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes: More Earth-Like Planets ...

17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar ... in the galaxy, yet are absent from our system.

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

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