Stormy weather on display on a “hot Jupiter” The Jupiter-sized planet WASP-121 b is no…
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Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars outside our solar system, and their discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the universe and the potential for life beyond Earth. Scientists study exoplanets to learn about their sizes, compositions, atmospheres, and orbital dynamics, using techniques like transit observations and radial velocity measurements. Some exoplanets resemble Earth, raising exciting possibilities about habitable conditions and biosignatures. This page brings you the latest research and discoveries in exoplanet science, from newly detected worlds to insights into how planetary systems form and evolve across the galaxy.
Scientists discover new way to identify liquid water on exoplanets. Atmospheric CO2 levels hold the…
Discovery of giant exomoons around the planets Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b called into question. Just as…
A team from UNIGE together with CNRS has managed to simulate the entire runaway greenhouse…
A rare star system with six exoplanets has been unlocked with the help of ESA’s…
A groundbreaking study reveals that cool stars with strong magnetic fields produce powerful stellar winds,…
An international collaboration between astronomers using the CHEOPS and TESS space satellites, including NCCR PlanetS…
Ariel, ESA’s mission to identify the chemical elements in exoplanetary atmospheres, successfully passed the spacecraft…
Researchers at Penn State have discovered an unusually massive planet, LHS 3154b, orbiting an ultracool…
Study led by University of Chicago astronomer Rafael Luque may tell us about how planets…
Astronomers find a range of molecules that are among the building blocks for rocky planets.…
Researchers led by Rafael Luque discovered six planets in a rare gravitational resonance around a…
Hubble Telescope confirms the size of Earth-like exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, offering new insights into its…
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in simulating hazy conditions on water-rich exoplanets, offering new…
A research team, utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope, has discovered that increased CO2 levels…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-80…
The contrast between the James Webb Space Telescope’s observations and those of the Spitzer Space…
A new study could explain the ‘missing’ exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Some exoplanets seem…