According to the paper laying out the research behind the discovery, "TOI-1846b is a super-Earth-sized planet, with a radius ...

The extrasolar planet or " exoplanet " in question is TOI-2109b, which has five times the mass of Jupiter and is located ...

Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.

NASA has uncovered a new ‘Super Earth’ planet just 154-lightyears away that has been flashing a mysterious signal. The planet ...

The newfound exoplanet, called Kepler-139f, is a gigantic world roughly twice the mass of Neptune and 35 times the mass of ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has moved one step closer to launch after successfully passing its Systems Integration Review (SIR), an independent review from independent ...

Already, Kepler has inspired the design and construction of planet-finding specific satellites, such as NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which is scheduled to launch in 2017.

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is undergoing final preparations for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

NASA has officially confirmed the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, clearing it to move forward into the development phase. This marks a significant step for the TESS mission ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...