Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

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Scientists have just unlocked a new way to discover hidden worlds beyond our solar system, and the results are incredible.

By applying machine learning to vast TESS datasets, researchers have built one of the most precise catalogs of nearby exoplanets to date.

An international research team, including astrophysicist Anjali Piette from the University of Birmingham, analysed data ...

Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories: large and hot gas giants, super-Earths that are slightly larger than our planet, ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in ...

Astronomers have discovered 41 new alien planets in one sweep by analyzing how each world gravitationally yanks on its neighbors. The newly confirmed exoplanets were spotted by NASA's prolific Kepler ...

Scientists have discovered natural space weather stations that exist around distant stars because these stations can ...

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