Astronomers announced Monday (January 6, 2020) the first discovery made by NASA’s TESS mission of…
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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.
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…
Oceans of magma may limit the amount of Neptune-sized exoplanets, study finds. For many years,…
Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars outside the Solar System Some exoplanets are thought to…
The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends…
ESO observations indicate the Neptune-like exoplanet is evaporating. Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have,…
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in 2021, one of its most anticipated contributions…
“They’re out there,” goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be…
[Editor’s Note: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was officially renamed the Nancy Grace…
Is Earth the only habitable planet in the universe or are there more worlds somewhere…
Three billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. The sun that shone on…
The glow of the Milky Way — our galaxy seen edgewise — arcs across a…
Rice University team models stellar activity on Milky Way neighbors to judge impact on planets.…
A giant-impacts phase in the evolution of planetary systems can explain the observations of close-in…
Researchers using telescopes around the world confirmed and characterized an exoplanet orbiting a nearby star…