An exoplanet the size of Jupiter has long intrigued astronomers because of its scorching temperatures, screaming winds and sideways rain made of glass. Now, data from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks" in exoplanetary systems.

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

Astronomers may, for the first time, be confirming an exomoon in our universe, much like our moon, but outside our solar ...

When the Hubble Space Telescope set its sights toward the binary star system HD 106906, astronomers found a world that could resemble the long-sought Planet X. For the first time, astronomers are able ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed ...

Almost all planets in our solar system have moons – why not exoplanets? Astronomers believe they have discovered the first ...

How can we explore the outer reaches of other solar systems? The answer lies in debris belts, disks composed of dust and debris, which orbit a star. Solar systems with debris disks can span the early ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs ...

A distant star system housing 6 planets that move in 'mathematically perfect' orbits has ignited a search for possible alien technosignatures. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...