Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have confirmed the discovery of two rocky exoplanets ...

Astronomers have recently turned their attention to a mysterious object from outside the solar system—3I/ATLAS. By analyzing ...

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

Recently, there has been exciting news in the field of astronomy! Chinese scientists have discovered oxygen on exoplanets, ...

What if we told you the NASA has found a planet were we could potentially dip our toes in a few generation? Meet TOI-270d, ...

Up until the mid 1990s, astronomers didn't know for certain if there were any planets outside of our own solar system. But ever since the first exoplanet was discovered, it’s been increasingly ...

With the recent discovery of the 5,000th exoplanet coinciding with our own 20th anniversary, now is the perfect time to reflect on the milestones along the way.

The hunt for planets beyond our solar system has now reached a major milestone. Astronomers report the discovery of the 5,000th exoplanet – with potentially hundreds of billions left to find.

An illustration showing two of seven scorching hot exoplanets discovered by NASA's Kepler telescope. (Image credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter) NASA's Kepler Space Telescope may have saved the best for last.

Exoplanet discovery is a relatively recent branch of astronomy. The first ones were discovered in the 1990s, and since then the number has shot up dramatically.