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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.
Webb’s Gigantic Mirror and Precision Instrumentation Join Forces To Capture the Most Detailed Spectrum of…
Exoplanets around pulsars are rare, with fewer than 0.5% of pulsars hosting planets, according to…
Located just 33 light years from Earth, the system appears to host two rocky, Earth-sized…
Astronomers discover a new way of determining the relative age of exoplanets and prove there…
Machine learning algorithm points to problems in mathematical theory for interpreting microlenses. Artificial intelligence (AI)…
Astronomers will train Webb’s high-precision spectrographs on two intriguing rocky exoplanets. Imagine if Earth were…
Nearly half of Sun-like stars are binary. According to new research, planetary systems around binary…
What Is an Exoplanet? An exoplanet is a planet that is located outside our Solar…
A futuristic “gravity telescope” technique conceptualized by Stanford astrophysicists could enable astronomical imaging significantly more…
What Is a Habitable Zone? The Habitable Zone is the region around a star where…
Research on 25 hot Jupiters shows a link between thermal inversions and metallic species, offering…
The journey of commissioning the Webb telescope continues this week with the successful cooling of…
Researchers have discovered a Jupiter-like exoplanet 17,000 light-years away using Kepler data and gravitational microlensing,…
Sizzling Worlds Vaporize Most of the Dust in Their Atmospheres “When you’re hot, you’re hot!”…
Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way In general, the formation of planets…
There’s a huge amount of variety among exoplanets – planets located outside our solar system.…
The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey…