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Top 5 exoplanet moments of 2016
Interstellar: Crossing the cosmic void
Neptune-mass outer planets likely common around other stars
Are Star Wars-like Planets Really Out There?
Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet
NASA space telescopes pinpoint elusive brown dwarf
Study: Planet orbiting nearest star could be habitable
Cloudy nights, sunny days on distant hot Jupiters
Building blocks of life's building blocks come from starlight
Proxima Centauri might be more sunlike than we thought
Hubble finds planet orbiting pair of stars 8,000 light-years away
Nearby exo-Earth family withstands extreme scrutiny
Three giant worlds found orbiting twin suns
To boldly go: How 'Star Trek' inspired NASA's planet hunters
Jupiter's extended family? A billion or more
Spitzer Space Telescope begins 'Beyond' phase
ESO discovers Earth-size planet in habitable zone of nearest star
Venus-like exoplanet might have oxygen atmosphere, but not life
Top 10 Star Trek destinations chosen by NASA scientists
Astronomers help focus research in the search for another Earth
NASA’s next planet hunter will look closer to home
NASA's Hubble Telescope makes first atmospheric study of Earth-sized exoplanets
Vulcan may not be real, but Spock's home system is
The next generation of telescopes are almost impossibly accurate
WASP-12b: An egg-shaped planet
NASA’s Kepler confirms 100+ exoplanets during its K2 mission
Warm Jupiters not as lonely as expected
Space snow visible in bright baby solar system
Spectacular Orion images reveal isolated planets
In new 5-planet system, shades of homegrown giants
A surprising planet with three suns
Astronomers find water clouds in cold Jupiter-like object
First detection of methyl alcohol in a planet-forming disc
Unexpected excess of giant planets in star cluster
‘Electric wind’ can strip potential Earths of oceans, atmospheres
NASA's K2 finds newborn exoplanet around young star
New planet is largest discovered that orbits two suns
Gluttonous star may hold clues to planet formation
Cloudy days on exoplanets may hide atmospheric water
NASA finds clues to the birth of supermassive black holes
Are we alone in the universe? Revisiting the Drake equation
Giant red stars may heat frozen worlds into habitable planets
Dance of the sub-Neptunes: a planetary system in resonance
Largest unnamed world in the solar system
NASA's Kepler mission announces largest batch of planet discoveries ever
A teachable moment you can see! The transit of Mercury
NASA to announce latest Kepler discoveries during media teleconference
Promising worlds found around nearby ultra-cool dwarf star
On the road to finding other Earths
Hiding in the sunshine: The search for other Earths
Light echoes give clues to protoplanetary disk
NASA finds a new dwarf in a family of stars
Searching for dark and distant worlds
NASA's Spitzer maps climate patterns on a super-Earth
NASA selects instrument team to build next-gen planet hunter
Investigating the mystery of migrating 'hot Jupiters'
Planet hunter breaks ground with supernovas
Disaster and rebirth: a space telescope’s new mission
Life or illusion? Avoiding ‘false positives' in the search for living worlds
NASA introduces new, wider set of eyes on the universe
Let the great world spin
Veteran astronomer joins JPL exoplanet team
Astronomers find the largest solar system in the galaxy
Combing the galaxy for habitable worlds
Far beyond Pluto, a possible Planet Nine awaits discovery
Fantastic alien civilizations and where to find them
Exoplanet News
Stars and their planets make their own eclipses – important scientific tools for detecting and characterizing exoplanets.
That Starry Night Sky? It's Full of Eclipses
Two recently discovered exoplanets, gas giants possibly similar to Saturn, could be candidates for further atmospheric investigation.
Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a 'Cold Saturn'
A newly discovered 'super-Earth' dwells in the habitable zone of its parent star – and might have a roughly Earth-sized companion.
Discovery Alert: A 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone
In a system with two known planets, astronomers spotted something new: a small object transiting across the Sun-sized star. This turned out to be another planet: extra hot and Earth-sized.
Discovery Alert: Earth-sized Planet Has a 'Lava Hemisphere'
Fifteen years ago, astronomers delivered what is now an iconic direct image of an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b.
Seeing, Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images
Six "sub-Neptunes" orbit their star in a kind of rhythmic dance – one easily set to music.
Discovery Alert: Watch the Synchronized Dance of a 6-Planet System
Scientists find that a glowing cloud that obscured a star was caused by a cataclysmic collision of two giant exoplanets.
Discovery Alert: Glowing Cloud Points to Cosmic Collision
A large, gaseous planet orbits a star that should have destroyed it.
Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn't Be There
With the discovery of six new exoplanets, scientists have tipped the scales and surpassed 5,500 exoplanets found (there are now 5,502 known exoplanets, to be exact).
Discovery Alert: With Six New Worlds, 5,500 Discovery Milestone Passed!
Stars farther from the center of our galaxy possess fewer of the most common types of planets, a recent study shows.
Discovery Alert: On Our Galaxy's Outskirts, a Poverty of Planets
Scientists used the Webb Telescope identified water vapor in the atmosphere of WASP-18 b, and made a temperature map of the planet as it slipped behind, and reappeared from, its star.
Discovery Alert: Webb Maps and Finds Traces of Water in an Ultra-hot Gas Giant's Atmosphere
A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified what may be some of the last planets NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope observed during its nearly decade-long mission.
Astronomers Discover Planets in NASA Kepler's Final Days of Observations
Explore Alien Worlds
Exoplanet Travel Bureau
This set of travel posters envision a day when the creativity of scientists and engineers will allow us to do things we can only dream of now.
Strange New Worlds
Explore an interactive gallery of some of the most intriguing and exotic planets discovered so far.
Historic Timeline
A planetary tour through time. The ancients debated the existence of planets beyond our own; now we know of thousands.