The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes — planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of ...

An international team, including University of Geneva researchers, discovered a super-Earth named TOI-512 b orbiting a star ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By studying chemical processes in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists are ...

"Based on our predictions, up to about 1% of super-Earth and mini-Neptune systems ... these findings could have profound implications for future exoplanet research. "These predictions will be ...

Using TESS and ESPRESSO, the high-precision spectrograph operated by the UNIGE, an international team has discovered a new ...

Some are so small, in fact, they would neatly slot within Earth's orbit around the sun. Additionally, the team's observations, conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA ...

A distant exoplanet discovered, named Enaiposha, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a "super-Venus" ...

Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b), a super-hot exoplanet 47 light-years away, challenges scientists with its thick haze, metal-rich ...