Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is leading the search for the most tantalizing ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) famously demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. Things have been a bit of a mess since then — so is it time to redefine the planet?

Theories on planet formation are extensive, but evidence is sometimes lacking. It has now been observed how an exoplanet ...

The researchers define wide-orbit planets as having semimajor axes between 100 and 10,000 AU—distances that place them far beyond the reach of most traditional planet-forming disks.

Alpha Centauri A, four light-years from Earth, may host a gas giant. If confirmed, no Earthlike planets orbit in the star’s habitable zone.

Astronomers discover 7 potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting nearby dwarf star The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters.

Researchers believe that pair 2M1510 is orbited by a planet in a "polar", or perpendicular, orbit. This is the first time we've seen strong evidence for a stellar pair being orbited by a polar planet.