The new exoplanet Elias 2-24 b is the youngest ever discovered, still forming in a cloud of debris around a young star just 450 light-years from Earth ...

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has helped astronomers achieve a world first: detecting radio signals directly from a planet outside our Solar System. And before anyone starts preparing for an alien ...

A new baby planet has been found, which is the youngest exoplanet in the galaxy as we know it. Around one million years old, the new find is the youngest alien planet ever seen by space explorers, and ...

A dead star’s wreckage may be the birthplace of a new planet. The existence of second-generation planets was predicted ...

The newly discovered exoplanets, designated as GJ 9827 b, c and d, are located fairly close to their host star, completing orbits within 6.2 days. ESO A nearby 'super‑Earth' just 25 light years from ...