The study of "exoplanets," the sci-fi-sounding name for all planets in the cosmos beyond our own solar system, is a fairly new field. Mainly, exoplanet researchers like those in the ExoLab at the ...

Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting TOI-1453. Located at around 250 light years from Earth in the Draco constellation, ...

In a bid to push for space tourism in the future, a commercial startup known as Space Perspective has unveiled its latest take on a vessel that will bring humans to the cosmos, the Neptune. This is ...

Mini-Neptunes are smaller and farther from their stars, and thus harder to spot, than many other exoplanets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A cosmic mirror of sorts, this planet is the first of its size and location to be discovered with an atmosphere. By Katrina Miller Astronomers have come across the shiniest planet ever found, a mere ...

Neptune isn't the rich royal blue it was believed to be for decades, scientists say. The study by physicists at the University of Oxford found that the eighth planet in our solar system is in fact a ...

Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes that shape planets across the galaxy. The star it orbits is ...