The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025 | Space
Dec 23, 2025 · New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown.
NASA’s Webb telescope just discovered one of the weirdest planets …
Dec 27, 2025 · A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has a bizarre carbon-rich …
NASA detects new planet with temperatures that suggest …
Jul 2, 2025 · Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have captured compelling evidence of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn orbiting the young nearby star …
New dwarf planet 'Ammonite' discovered in the frosty edges of …
Jul 24, 2025 · A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be another nail in the coffin for the Planet Nine hypothesis.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers evidence of a new planet
Aug 7, 2025 · NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the solar system closest to Earth, the administration announced Thursday.
New signs found of giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood'
Aug 8, 2025 · Scientists have found strong evidence of a giant gas planet in the nearest star system to our own. At four-and-a-half light years away, the lifeless planet would be a close …
A Saturn-Sized Planet Is Drifting Through Space Alone
4 days ago · Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a dramatic planetary breakup.
New world beyond Neptune discovered, giving boost to ‘Planet …
Jul 16, 2025 · Astronomers used a telescope in Hawaii to find a new object on the outer edges of our solar system, helping to fuel evidence of a long-standing theory about Planet Nine, or …
Webb Telescope Finds Its First Planet, Boosting Search For
Jun 25, 2025 · For the first time since its launch on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new exoplanet, TWA 7 b, in the debris disk of a young star.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures images of what's
Jun 26, 2025 · NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured evidence of a planet beyond the solar system for the first time since its launch in 2021. The exoplanet, a planet beyond our …