At just over 4 light-years away, Proxima Centauri is home to an exoplanet that tantalizes astronomers with its potential.

Astronomers are detecting hundreds of exoplanets — worlds that don't orbit the sun — each year. Here are some of the new 2024 ...

A new study has identified an exoplanet that is just 3 million years old — around 1,500 times younger than Earth — alongside ...

In 2016, researchers at Queen Mary discovered an exoplanet, Proxima b, orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. An exoplanet is a planet outside our own solar system. This is the closest such ...

It's the second closest exoplanet to Earth after Proxima Centauri b, whose discovery was announced in 2016. The planet orbits past a boundary called the "snow line", beyond the traditional ...

At just 11 light-years away, it's the second closest exoplanet of its kind to Earth. But the closest one, known as Proxima b, looks to be less hospitable for life. Found in 2016, it orbits the ...

Once its checkout phase is complete, TESS will begin its 26 observational campaigns (13 for each hemisphere) to survey 85% of the sky for transiting exoplanets near Earth. Observations will ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) A "baby" exoplanet recently spotted relatively near to Earth is the youngest alien world ever seen, a new study suggests. Researchers say ...