Measurements from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their…
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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.
An international team of researchers has found multiple planet systems orbiting red dwarf star Gliese…
An exoplanet the size of Neptune has been discovered around the young star AU Microscopii,…
Astronomers have made the first measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet, demonstrating…
A team of researchers simulated conditions on water-rich exoplanets in the laboratory and learned something…
International researchers led by University of Göttingen find multiple planet system orbiting Gliese 887. The…
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Systematic survey of 104 nearby stars turns up 25 dust disks with evidence of planets.…
Astronomers study stars and planets much younger than the Sun to learn about past events…
New Direct Images Captured with W. M. Keck Observatory’s Upgraded Adaptive Optics System Lead to…
Jupiter-size planets orbiting close to their stars have upended ideas about how giant planets form.…
Researchers have found that rocky exoplanets which formed early in the life of the galaxy…
Scientists have expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including a…
Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets. Brown…
The star Kepler-160 and its companion KOI-456.04 are more reminiscent of the Sun-Earth system than…
Research from the University of Sheffield has found that the chance of finding Earth-like planets…
About the size of a briefcase, the CubeSat was built to test new technologies but…
While the planet has been on lockdown the last two months, a new space telescope…