DALLAS (AP) — A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, ...
Gas bubbling up from a lava-covered surface on 55 Cancri e may feed an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide.
An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.
The so-called "exo-Venus," a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Venus, is known as Gliese 12 b, a world just 40 light-years ...
Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet where days and nights don't end. Read all the interesting details about it right ...
Gas bubbling up from a lava-covered surface on the exoplanet 55 Cancri e may feed an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide or ...
Astronomers have made the rare and tantalizing discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a ...
A newly discovered exoplanet, with its surface temperature estimated to be remarkably temperate, is suddenly one of the most ...
Astronomers may have finally figured out why a distant exoplanet with the density of a microwaved marshmallow has such a ...
On a large, rocky world in a far-off solar system, a year goes by in just half a day.
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting a red dwarf star, making just the second planetary system seen ...
The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos, Lisa Kaltenegger discusses exoplanets, aliens, and how science mixes caution ...