The planet's home star, IRAS 04125+2902, sits just over 520 light-years from Earth, making it quite close in galactic terms.

Scientists have discovered a nearby exoplanet that is just a baby by planetary standards, located 520 light-years away.

The detection of a giant planet that transits a very young star is reported in Nature. The findings indicate that this is the ...

The most popular reason to study the atmospheres of planets beyond the Solar System is to look for Earth counterparts that ...

The fledgling orb, named TI-DYE 1b, is estimated to be three million years old, making it a potential Rosetta Stone for ...

Barber used data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to observe the brightness of stars over time. During the ...

A large planet has been spotted orbiting a dwarf star that is just 3 million years old, offering possible clues to how the ...

From 520 light-years away, astronomers have caught a glimpse of a nascent massive world still embedded within its star’s ...

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In recent years, astronomers have developed techniques to measure the metal content of stars with extreme accuracy.

It is a five-star delight for India, as NASA announced the finalists and special mentions in their coveted Space Apps ...

Kepler-70b, a planet hotter than the Sun at 6,800°C, orbits a dead star, defying cosmic odds. Once a gas giant, it’s now a ...