Astronomers have been able to map the weather conditions of an extrasolar planet for the first time.
A newly identified extrasolar planet is so close by that it should be possible to observe its atmosphere.
Members of the public have been asked to help determine what to call 32 distant extrasolar worlds.
Astronomers have identified the smallest ever exoplanet to be directly photographed through a telescope.
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
Astronomers have discovered a planet that has been described as a 'potential gold mine of science data'.
Astronomers using the Kepler Telescope have found the most Earth-like extrasolar planet ever discovered.
Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
Water-rich asteroids are thought to have brought water to countless other worlds throughout the universe.
The space agency has formed a new coalition of scientists from a wide range of different fields.
Wandering planets that aren't part of a solar system might still be capable of supporting life.
There could be two potentially habitable planets in a binary star system just 4.3 light years away.
Scientists have argued that a nearby Earth-like world dismissed as 'noise' is actually a real planet.
Some extrasolar planets that appear to be habitable may have lost the capacity to support life long ago.
Scientists in Australia have determined that Earth-like planets are likely to be commonplace.
Astronomers have found a planet with rings over 200 times larger than those found around Saturn.
A solar system dating back billions of years points to the likelihood that Earth-sized worlds are common.
The newly found Kepler 438b is being hailed by astronomers as the most Earth-like world ever found.
NASA's Kepler space telescope has made its first discovery since being crippled by a technical fault.
Astronomers have identified the first ever ice giant planet beyond our own solar system.