In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a super-Earth exoplanet that may host vast oceans. This celestial body, believed to be rich in water, has sparked excitement in the scientific ...

The planet, Kepler 22b, about 2.4 times wider than Earth, circles a star about 600 light years away, close by astronomical standards. The Kepler space telescope discovery team announced the find ...

A team of astronomers at the University of Arizona played an integral role in uncovering a baby planet with a pretty cute name: WISPIT 2b.

Scientists announced in a Thursday NASA press conference the discovery of Kepler 452B, a planet more similar to Earth than any ever discovered.

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper belt.

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

The oceans look blue because water soaks up red and yellow wavelengths more than blue, but it wasn't like this billion of ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

Astronomers discover GJ 2126 b, a giant planet with an extremely eccentric orbit, 124 light-years away, using HARPS data.

Our new results provide the strongest evidence yet that at least some Halley-type comets carried water with the same isotopic signature as that found on Earth,” said a NASA astrophysicist.