We have detected only one transiting planet that has a mass below 10 Earth masses. This world, CoRoT-7b (named after the European Convection, Rotation and planetary Transits satellite) has a radius ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration shows the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized exoplanet V1298 Tau b being stripped away transforming it into a ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered an extraordinary planet that's roughly the size of Earth but is only one-tenth of our planet's age, with half of its surface likely ...

In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, challenging many of the previously held assumptions about planetary ...

This exoplanet transit shows background stars that could be biasing calculations of the exoplanet's size. Credit: Nikolai Berman/UC Irvine New research suggests that scientists (and their computer ...

Determining the size of an Earth-size exoplanet by the amount of starlight it blocks hundreds of light-years away once was the realm of science fiction. Measuring the mass of such a small planet based ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have found an Earth-size planet that isn’t like Earth at all. Instead, the exoplanet, called LP 791-18 d, is likely covered in volcanoes and may experience eruptions with the same ...

Planets this big aren't supposed to be found around red dwarfs like TOI-4860. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news ...