Magnetic fields protect a planet's atmosphere from stellar winds and are crucial for life.

In an astronomical first, researchers have measured the magnetic fields of 7 "hot Jupiter" planets beyond our solar system — ...

It's 2234, you're on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can pick one ...

A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets outside our solar system may be magnetic. Using ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of magnetic worlds beyond the solar system, representing a major step forward ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Based on the behavior of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, ...

How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the ...

A team led by astronomer Julia Seidel used wind speed data from seven ultra-hot Jupiters to produce the first direct ...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien worlds by discovering around 100,000 exoplanets—far ...

$1 million awarded through the SETI Institute’s STRIDE (Support Technology, Research, Innovation, Development, and Education) ...

A lack of evening clouds on this world has allowed astronomers to get a good read on the planet's true composition.

NASA’s next great space telescope will see 100 times more sky than Hubble. It’s about to arrive in Florida for launch in ...