Planet orbiting a dead star previews our own solar system's fate
Astronomers discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf.
Exoplanet
NASA's TESS spacecraft has already found 2,200 possible planets
It's easily exceeding its original goal.
Scientists find a cloudless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet with a four-day year
It could shed new light on planet formation.
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NASA smallsat concepts will study galaxy evolution and exoplanets
A balloon mission will also detect neutrino signals.
Strange exoplanet discovery makes a case for the elusive 'Planet Nine'
The planet is the first of its kind known to have such an eccentric orbit.
Astronomers find the first known exposed core of a gas giant
How many licks to the center of a jovian world?
Scientists find an Earth-like planet hiding in old Kepler data
It's sitting in the habitable zone of a star studied years ago.
NASA decommissions Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 years of service
The James Webb Space Telescope will take its place next year.
Study casts doubt on the chances of life on watery alien planets
An extreme location on Earth didn't have clear evidence of life.
Scientists discover water vapor on an exoplanet with a rocky core
There may even be rain and clouds on planet K2-18 b.
NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers its smallest exoplanet to date
It's smaller than Earth.
Researchers propose guiding large space telescopes with tiny satellites
In the future, they could be used to stabilize telescopes studying exoplanets.
The Kepler space telescope's end has finally come
It confirmed thousands of exoplanets in its over nine-year mission.
Researchers may have found the first signs of an exomoon
The Neptune-sized object is orbiting the star Kepler-1625.
NASA put Kepler back to sleep in hopes it will send data again
The spacecraft is struggling to point its telescope.
NASA apps take you to space with VR and selfies
Explore distant stars as if you were there... and take silly pictures.
NASA’s TESS spacecraft begins its search for exoplanets
It’s expected to spot over 1,600 exoplanets during its mission.
NASA put Kepler to sleep to preserve its remaining fuel
Evidence suggests the spacecraft is running very low on fuel.
NASA's planet-hunting TESS spacecraft snaps its first photo
The image covers 200,000 stars, which are but a tiny fraction of what all its cameras can see.
