A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands of ...

New research has revealed that Hot Jupiters do not always push away or destroy nearby planets during their migration. This ...

A UNIGE study shows that Hot Jupiters do not systematically eject their planetary neighbours during migration. This discovery overturns our perception of the architecture of planetary systems.

The orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune may have been forever changed by an enormous object that whizzed through our solar system billions of years ago.

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

It contains a Hot Jupiter that orbits its star in 7 days and ... of planet formation The discovery of an outer cold giant planet and an inner Super-Earth adds another layer of complexity to ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...