The discovery, detailed in a new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics,also relied on data from NASA's Transiting ...

AN alien world “suffers star-grazing torture” every 111 days as its fiery sun boils the planet to a hellish 1,093C. This ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

A TERRIFYING alien planet that “rains glass” lurks just 64.5 lightyears from Earth. Described as a “nightmare world” by Nasa, the giant exoplanet has staggeringly fast ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Cosmic forensic experts are reconstructing the magnetic field around an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.

This brutal event has led to Nasa branding it "the roasted planet", as the space agency revealed the horrifying conditions on distant HD 80606 b. The planet's extreme oval-shaped orbit means it ...

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Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

What’s more, this alien world named HD 189733 b - appears to “rain glass”, according to NASA. Describing it as the “killer you never see coming,” NASA said: "To the human eye ...

An email seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.

Described as a "nightmare world" by Nasa, the giant exoplanet has staggeringly fast winds that reach up to 5,400mph. Alien planet HD 189733 b might look like a lovely blue world – but it's far ...