With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, literally and figuratively. The extrasolar planet, or "exoplanet," designated ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer. When you purchase through links on our ...

Finding‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ planets that are outside our solar system, called exoplanets, has changed the way we see the cosmos and our place in it. These faraway planets are extremely hard to find because they ...

"It represents a major step forward in how we think about the search for distant worlds capable of hosting life." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...