EXCLUSIVE: Scientists say the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet promises to further understanding of planetary systems.

NASA may have just found our second Earth - a planet so similar, it could be habitable for humans. But this is just the ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

A new, Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 90 light-years away from us. In astronomical terms, that’s right next door. What’s more, it might be capable of supporting life.

Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life. The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – was spotted ...

One of the smallest, coolest stars found to have planets of any kind—just 86 light-years from the solar system—appears to have an Earth-like volcanic world. The planet, called LP 791-18 d, is ...

A new "super-Earth" has been discovered in a nearby solar system's habitable zone, according to NASA.The planet, designated as TOI-715 b, is "about one and a half times as wide as Earth" and in a ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

Two minerals never seen on Earth before were discovered in a gigantic meteorite weighing 16.5 tons, offering researchers possible clues about how the space rocks are formed. The new minerals were ...