The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, challenging many of the previously held assumptions about planetary ...

A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a new, exotic class of exoplanets: super-Earths formed at high ...

The new exoplanet is six times closer to its suns than other previously discovered exoplanets, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Many people are familiar with the ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A team of astronomers from New Mexico State University and Northwestern University has discovered a new exoplanet by analyzing years of data from an old observational ...

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

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