Nature magazine has published a surprising study about the giant, ultra-hot planet WASP-76b in which…
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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.
Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect…
Some of the extremely low-density, “cotton candy like” exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have rings,…
University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a…
Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth to be potentially…
Radio telescope in the Netherlands captures habitats of planets outside our solar system. A team…
A signal originally detected by the Kepler spacecraft has been validated as an exoplanet using…
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have observed an exoplanet orbiting a star in just…
A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin…
Larger, gas giant exoplanets will also fall under the James Webb Space Telescope’s gaze The…
A “cold Neptune” and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five…
In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds. Massive gas…
A Princeton-led team of astrophysicists has shown that this exoplanet is spiraling in toward its…
Astronomers announced Monday (January 6, 2020) the first discovery made by NASA’s TESS mission of…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s…
New Technique Could Speed Search for Life in Outer Space Scientists have developed a new…
Mission operators at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have lost contact with the…
A sign that aliens could stink: A molecule that’s known for its smelly and poisonous…