Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release. The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbits ...

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

Relative sizes of the newly discovered habitable-zone planets and Earth. Left to right: Kepler-69c, Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f and Earth (except for Earth, these are artists' renditions). Image credit: ...

NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope imaged for the first time a chaotic and turbulent disk in visible light. It found the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed orbiting a young star with material ...

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NASA has announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star that shares several other similarities with ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

NASA continues to capture amazing pictures from space. From detailed views of Mars to breathtaking perspectives of the Moon’s ...