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Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

A team of scientists has found a new planet which orbits the wrong way around its host star. The planet, named WASP-17, and orbiting a star 1000 light years away, was found by the UK’s WASP project in ...

The largest survey of exoplanets using an observatory atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island confirms a long-predicted relationship ...

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Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Scientists have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of the planet tau Boötis b, which orbits a ...

In a significant leap forward in the quest for extraterrestrial life, NASA recently announced the detection of oxygen in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. This revolutionary discovery will be the ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which ...