Exoplanets, or extra-solar planets, are planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. What have scientists found deep in space? Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

On Wednesday, NASA quietly uploaded a 19-minute mini-documentary about exoplanets, and the search for a planet or moon that has similar characteristics to Earth. The hope, of course, is that if we ...

New research has unveiled the potential for an atmosphere around an Earth -sized planet located approximately 40 light-years ...

You've been selected to be the lead scientist for the NOVA Space Center’s Galactic Resettlement team, with the job of finding suitable exoplanets for displaced aliens desperately seeking new ...

If you were able to land on Uranus, which you can’t because it is made of gas, you would be greeted with something that ...

In 2023, scientists made some pretty smashing exoplanet discoveries. Here are the highlights.

Scientists may have detected signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way, in what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...

A team of scientists is developing a "quantum-sensitive" device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it's nearly ...

Discovery of 'super-Earth' exoplanet not as 'strange' as some reports claim The discovery of a new exoplanet garnered some big, though somewhat misinformed, reactions online.

Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a stable atmosphere, the right chemistry, and possibly even things like plate ...