An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected: rare "super-puff" ...

Astronomers may have discovered a new type of planet beyond our solar system, according to new research. The exoplanet, named "L 98-59 d," was first identified in 2019, but further observations using ...

The planets of the Solar System are not representative of all the types of planets that exist elsewhere in the galaxy. There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean ...

Scientists have found an entirely new kind of planets. The worlds have a permanent ocean of magma inside of them, storing large amounts of sulphur. The example found by scientists is known as L 98-59 ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

A team of astronomers led by the University of Oxford has identified a new class of liquid planet, a world defined not by oceans of water, but by a global reservoir of molten magma thousands of miles ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That’s been a source ...