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

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric models. By directly imaging Epsilon Indi Ab with the James Webb Space ...

A giant planet circling a nearby star has given astronomers a rare look at what a colder, more Jupiter-like world can be like, and the picture is already messier than many models expected. The planet, ...

Astronomers have discovered a curious new exoplanet that challenges assumptions about hot Jupiters, some of the most extreme ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a major step forward in astronomy by performing the first direct exoplanet surface study. Instead of analyzing atmospheres, scientists examined heat emitted ...

For decades, planetary scientists could not get a direct look at a cold, mature giant planet beyond our solar system. Instruments were not powerful enough to isolate the faint infrared glow of a world ...