Starlight has been the key to finding thousands of exoplanets over the past decade, but researchers have found a new way to harness it in their hunt

Astronomers have long been puzzled by a cosmic mystery: planets orbiting two stars—like Star Wars’ Tatooine—are surprisingly rare, even though they should be common. New research suggests the culprit is none other than Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

Webb finds a massive planet, 29 Cygni b, orbiting a nearby star, offering new clues about how even the largest planets grow over time.

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an Earth-sized planet needs at least 20 to 50% of the water in Earth's oceans to maintain a critical natural cycle that keeps water on the surface.

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric models. By directly imaging Epsilon Indi Ab with the James Webb Space Telescope,

The Artemis II mission, which took four US astronauts around the Moon and to a record-breaking distance from Earth, was a reminder of how little we know about the satellite’s far side. Now scientists

The idea of a planet orbiting two suns has long captured both scientific curiosity and public imagination. Popularised by science fiction, such worlds, known as circumbinary planets, do exist, and astronomers have confirmed several beyond our solar system.

The LHS 1903 system defies expectations with a rocky outer planet, prompting new ideas about how planets form and evolve.

Far beyond the reach of any spacecraft, a distant world glows with heat so intense that rock itself turns to vapor. In that extreme environment, scientists have uncovered a rare clue about how