Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...

If it’s real, some may question whether something with a mass about three times Pluto’s counts as a planet at all.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the study of exoplanets, worlds beyond the solar system.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two ...

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever ...

Venus" exoplanet 47 light-years away, with a thick atmosphere, challenging previous planetary classifications.

WASP-127b's diameter is about 30% larger than Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet. But its mass is only about 16% that ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

Two papers showed these intriguing signals, but the team stresses that there are currently many uncertainties to confirming ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released ...