Scientists have detected a hidden alien planet by examining the orbits of the known worlds in the star system, known as Kepler-139. The newfound exoplanet, called Kepler-139f, is a gigantic world ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

An international research team, including astrophysicist Anjali Piette from the University of Birmingham, analysed data ...

A University of Oxford-led study has identified a new type of exoplanet with sulfur-rich magma oceans located about 35 light-years from our solar system. Typically, planets are classified as small, ...