Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star – the nearest solitary star to our Solar System, at just 5.96 light-years away – since its discovery in 1916. Unconvincing signs of ...

This animation shows an exotic exoplanet orbiting a distant pulsar, or rapidly rotating neutron star with radio pulses. The planet, which orbits about 1 million miles away from the pulsar, is ...