NASA researchers identify optimal infrared wavelength for detecting carbon dioxide and methane on exoplanets, guiding the Habitable Worlds Observatory’s design and sensor specifications.

How any Earth-sized exoplanets exist, and how do we find them? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers. The exoplanet, known as super-Earth TOI-561b, was discovered in 2020, ...

On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, ...

Five years of imagery from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have been stitched together to create an all-sky and northern & southern ecliptic mosaics. Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and ...

Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovered thanks to data from NASA's retired Kepler ...

The newly discovered brown dwarf could help test NASA’s Roman Space Telescope. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

The curious minds at What If reveal NASA signs of ancient life on Mars, exploring fossils, chemical evidence, and planetary history.

Space is full of unsolved mysteries, and a team using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have recently turned up a doozy. "I remember after we got the data down, our collective reaction was 'What the ...