Researchers studied the L 98-59 system and confirmed five rocky planets. One is in the habitable zone and may support liquid water.

Modelling suggests that data collected by JWST will be able to distinguish between planets that are molten to the core and ...

An international team of astronomers has employed NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory to perform the most detailed study of a ...

"The formation of planetary systems is not exclusive to stars but might also work around lonely starless worlds." ...

An international team led by the Universities of Geneva (UNIGE) and Montreal published the first results today from the NIRPS ...

Astronomers may have captured the rare moment of a planet forming around a young star, HD 135344B, 440 light-years away. Using the powerful ERIS instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, they spotted ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...