NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community ...

A paper published this week by doctoral candidate Te Han and his adviser, Paul Robertson, probably shrinks the number of ...

Astronomers have uncovered major size errors in TESS planet data, suggesting we’ve found fewer Earth-like exoplanets than we believed.

This light dimming was seen in March each year. When scientists traced it, they found TOI‑1846 b in the Lyra constellation in the northern sky. The size and weight of the planet put it in what ...

Very massive stars (VMSs) have had a massive impact on the formation of our universe. However, there aren't very many of them ...

Exploring the quest for alien life through Bayesian analysis, emphasizing the importance of asking the right questions in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

This makes it 35 times the mass of Earth and a year on its planet lasts 355 days, the discoverers noted in their findings published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The planet was detected after ...

A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or planetesimals, must ...