Astronomers See Whirlwind of Dust and Pebbles Around Possible Exoplanet-in-the-Making
An international team of astronomers led by researchers from the Leiden University has discovered a whirlwind of dust and pebbles in orbit around a young…
Exoplanet News
TESS Research Updates: Hunting for Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) held last month, MIT researchers presented new data from programs such as the Transiting Exoplanet…
Newly Discovered Planetary System Offers Glimpse Into How Planets Evolve
A newly discovered planetary system will provide researchers with the rare chance to study a group of growing planets, according to research co-led by Dartmouth….
New Worlds in a River of Young Stars Discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting…
NASA: Pollution Could Be the Solution, To Find an Extraterrestrial Civilization
If there’s an advanced extraterrestrial civilization inhabiting a nearby star system, we might be able to detect it using its own atmospheric pollution, according to…
Astronomers Discover Evidence for Substance on Liquid-Gas Boundary on Exoplanet WASP-31b
One of the properties that make a planet suitable for life is the presence of a weather system. Exoplanets are too far away to directly…
“Game-Changing” New Way to Look for Planets That Could Harbor Life
New capabilities developed by an international team of astronomers make it possible to directly image planets that could potentially harbor life within the habitable zone…
Luggage-Sized Cryogenic Camera to Take Pictures of Exoplanets
NIX – a powerful new ‘luggage-sized’ cryogenic camera, will take the first pictures of young giant exoplanets. This state-of-the-art, infra-red, cryogenic camera system has been…
Four New Exoplanets Orbiting a Nearby Sun-Like Star Discovered by TESS
MIT-led NASA mission finds a multi-planetary system that could be an “ideal laboratory” to study planetary formation and evolution. MIT researchers have discovered four new…
Four Exoplanets – Including a Super-Earth Planet – Discovered by High School Students
The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for Astrophysics; Harvard and Smithsonian. They…
Astronomers Uncover New Details About the Remarkable Seven Rocky Planets of TRAPPIST-1
Precise measurements reveal that the exoplanets of the system discovered by ULiège researchers have remarkably similar densities, which provides new clues about their compositions. A…
Unique Planetary System With Rhythmic Orbital Resonance Revealed by Exoplanet Watcher Cheops
ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed a unique planetary system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythmic dance as…
The 7 Rocky Earth-Size TRAPPIST-1 Planets Have Remarkably Similar Densities
Precise measurements reveal that the exoplanets have remarkably similar densities, which provides clues about their composition. The red dwarf star PIST-1 is home to the…
Puzzling Six-Exoplanet System Discovered With Resonant Rhythmic Movement
Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six…
Astronomers Discover First Cloudless, Jupiter-Like Planet – “Smoking Gun Evidence”
This marks the second time astronomers have ever observed a cloud-free exoplanet. Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have detected the…
A ‘Super-Puff’ Planet Like No Other – As Big as Jupiter but 10 Times Lighter
The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the immense gas envelope surrounding giant…
Exoplanet Found by Hubble Resembles Reputed “Planet Nine” in Our Solar System
Astronomers confirm bound orbit for planet far from its star, showing that far-flung planets exist. Astronomers are still searching for a hypothetical “Planet Nine” in…
Alien Life on Exoplanets: The Upside of Volatile Space Weather
Robust stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets, could facilitate its detection. Although violent and unpredictable, stellar flares emitted by a planet’s host star…
