Scientists discover the first confirmed atmosphere in habitable zone outside our solar system on LHS 1140b ...

Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars other than the sun and thus exist outside the solar system. The word "exoplanet" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lurking throughout the distant cosmos beyond the solar system, researchers recently found what they believe could be another ...

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...