WISPIT 2b was first detected using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Spectro-Polarimetric ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer.

Just decades after the first exoplanets were identified, our database of the distant worlds—monitored by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute—has breached a new threshold. Now, astronomers have ...

An instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our solar system by harnessing the power ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at the University of Cambridge reported that planet K2-18b could be a marine ...

NASA is celebrating a big milestone after the 6,000th exoplanet discovery was confirmed this week. Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets ...

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s concept shows how they range in size and composition, although scientists ...

The discovery of the "hot Jupiter" exoplanet 51 Pegasi b on Oct. 6, 1995 changed the course of astronomical history.