The new extrasolar planet or "exoplanet" was discovered around the sun-like star Kepler-51, located around 2,615 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus (the Swan). Remarkably, the new ...

Located around 100 light-years away from Earth, the exoplanet is shrouded in a thick envelope of steam. This world, ...

A few decades ago, astronomers were just entering a new frontier of exoplanet discovery. Exoplanets are planets located outside our solar system. They orbit distant stars and represent mysterious ...