BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that Planet’s PlanetScope and SkySat data have joined the European Space ...

Earlier studies of planets in close-in orbits around high-mass stars have revealed an increase in giant planet frequency with increasing stellar mass until a turnover point at 1.9 solar masses, above ...

A new study suggests cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could have generated key radioactive elements in the early solar system, influencing the formation of Earth-like planets. Simulations indicate ...

The search for rocky, Earth-like exoplanets has received a boost, with the arrival of a new laser frequency comb at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile. Built by a team ...

A new analysis examined the frequencies of planets of different sizes based on findings from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, correcting for both incompleteness and false positives. The results show that one ...

We report results of a direct imaging survey for giant planets around 80 members of the Beta Pic, TW Hya, Tucana-Horologium, AB Dor, and Hercules-Lyra moving groups, observed as part of the Gemini ...