Findings also include a distinctive planetary system with two gas giants. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets, thanks in…
Fragile orbits of seven exoplanets limit late arrival of water. Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers…
Scientists have added a whopping 301 newly confirmed exoplanets to the total exoplanet tally. Scientists recently added a whopping 301 newly validated exoplanets to the…
The internal compositions of rocky exoplanets correlate with that of their host stars, according to a new study, but not 1:1. This suggests that planet…
Could life survive around the nearest stars? In collaboration with the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Astronautics, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Professor Peter Tuthill is leading…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Primed to Lift the Haze Surrounding Sub-Neptunes Detailed atmospheric studies will provide key insights into some of the most common…
A new technique developed in part by University of Hawaiʻi astronomer Nader Haghighipour has allowed scientists to quickly detect a transiting exoplanet with two suns….
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescopes, astronomers have made an important step in the quest to find a planet outside of the…
Humans have long speculated on the existence of other worlds, with the idea first mooted by the Ancient Greek philosophers and recurring through the Middle…
By implementing artificial intelligence techniques similar to those used in autonomous cars, a team from the UNIGE and the UniBE, in partnership with the company…
NRAO project ranked as important new initiative. The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has published its report…
A new astrogeology study suggests that most nearby rocky exoplanets are quite unlike anything in our Solar System. An astronomer from NSF’s NOIRLab has teamed…
Until now, astronomers have found all other known exoplanets and exoplanet candidates in the Milky Way galaxy, almost all less than about 3,000 light-years from…
A new study shows how the chemicals in an exoplanet’s atmosphere can, in some cases, reveal whether or not the temperature on its surface is…
An international team of scientists, using the ground-based Gemini Observatory telescope in Chile, is the first to directly measure the amount of both water and…
Astronomers have announced evidence for a possible planet in another galaxy. This “exoplanet” would be much farther away than any of the thousands of others…
One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by University of…
Such planetary smashups are likely common in young solar systems, but they haven’t been directly observed. Young planetary systems generally experience extreme growing pains, as…
