Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

Auroras are not just on Earth. NASA has detected glowing northern and southern lights on Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and other ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

A recent study combining observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and detailed analysis published in The Astrophysical Journal has provided compelling evidence that the Earth-sized ...

Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Resonating oscillations of a planet's atmosphere caused by gravitational tides and heating from its star could prevent a planet's rotation from steadily slowing over time, according to new research by ...

The atmospheres of giant planets represent complex, dynamic systems where underlying physical processes such as radiation, convection and chemical interactions lead to striking patterns including ...