Astronomers may have found a star racing through our galaxy at an incredible speed—dragging a planet along with it! If ...

NASA is preparing to launch its exoplanet telescope Pandora and it got a step closer on Monday. In a statement, the agency announced that it has chosen Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the telescope that ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

The Euclid space telescope brings the Einstein Ring into view. Check out the accidental discovery and what it looks like ...

Euclid, the European Space Agency's dark Universe detective, has made an astonishing discovery -- right in our cosmic backyard.

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

The number of known exoplanets seems to grow every day. Most of them are worlds completely unlike our own. But some get pretty close to something resembling home - and may someday become exactly that.

A new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers suggests that unpredictable stars could be distorting our ...