A dead star’s wreckage may be the birthplace of a new planet. The existence of second-generation planets was predicted ...

A new baby planet has been found, which is the youngest exoplanet in the galaxy as we know it. Around one million years old, the new find is the youngest alien planet ever seen by space explorers, and ...

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has helped astronomers achieve a world first: detecting radio signals directly from a planet outside our Solar System. And before anyone starts preparing for an alien ...

This summer, exoplanet science — the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun — took a big step forwards. Reports of helium gas escaping from the atmosphere of LHS 1140b propelled this exoplanet ...