Of all the extrasolar planetary systems detected by astronomers in recent years, the star 47 Ursae Majoris and its known companions, two Jupiter-sized planets, is the one that most closely resembles ...

So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't been for lack of trying. According to a new paper by Thomas Winterhalder of ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

First-year students in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered ...

Morgan Underwood receives funding from NASA-funded CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) research project. When astronomers search for planets that could host ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...