It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets around a young ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

With the Kepler mission’s launch in 2009, more and more exoplanets were discovered via the so-called transit method: a regular flicker in a star’s light that occurs when its planet happens to pass ...

Fast-forward to today: we’ve gone from one lonely planet to a catalog of thousands. The pace is accelerating. In 2015, NASA’s ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are ...

Nasa has discovered over 6,000 exoplanets - planets outside our Solar System and continue to search for Earth-like worlds ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

Astronomers have discovered that many sub-Neptune exoplanets, once thought to host vast oceans, are far less watery than previously imagined. Here is what study says.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered two rocky exoplanets orbiting a nearby K-type star, known as TOI-2322. The newfound alien worlds are comparable ...

The 6,000 confirmed exoplanets are the result of collaborative efforts by scientists worldwide, with more than 8,000 additional candidate planets awaiting verification. This dynamic process allows ...