The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That's been a source ...

A new study published in Nature has revealed a rare glimpse into the early life of four young exoplanets orbiting the star ...

A new machine learning model has predicted that there are 44 Earth-like planets in other star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, with researchers from Switzerland claiming that the algorithm at the core ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study. A combination of cosmic processes shapes the ...

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule. When you purchase ...

In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models from a team of MIT, NASA, and Carnegie scientists begin to describe an even wider ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Astronomers have observed four worlds forming in the V1298 Tau. These worlds are puffy at the moment, and are expected to ...