GJ 1214b represents a new type of planet, like nothing seen in the solar system or any other planetary system currently known.

Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

This artist's conception shows the newly discovered super-Earth GJ 1214b, which orbits a red dwarf star 40 light-years from our Earth. It was discovered by the MEarth project -- a small fleet of ...

The total number of exoplanets discovered to date totals 5,288. Among them are a host of rocky, Earth-like exoplanets but ...

Researchers Measure the Light Emitted by a Sub-Neptune Planet's Atmosphere May 10, 2023 — Researchers observed exoplanet GJ 1214b's atmosphere by measuring the heat it emits while orbiting its ...

Located around 100 light-years away from Earth, the exoplanet is shrouded in a thick envelope of steam. This world, designated GJ 9827 d, is around twice the size of Earth, three times more ...

Astronomers have discovered a new feature in the distribution of planets beyond the solar system, and this finding could help us understand the dynamics that determine the formation of exoplanets ...

For centuries, planets beyond our solar system—called exoplanets—existed only in theory and science fiction. It seemed nearly impossible to detect planets light-years away, since the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found a "first of its kind" world, an exoplanet that is twice the size ...

These exoplanets, as scientists call them, are worlds of lava, and worlds of water. They're worlds being ravaged by the heat of their stars, and worlds locked in eternal night. There are worlds ...