Exoplanets — A complete guide and latest news

Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, and it resembles the event in Earth's history that created the moon.

The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars that might host habitable exoplanets.

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity strikes again.

A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet?

Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.

The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link."

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet."

"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here."

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres.