https://youtu.be/bBr0C_lzDm4 ESOcast 96 explores the discovery of Earth-like, potentially habitable worlds orbiting a nearby star…
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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.
A new website funded by NASA lets the public search for new worlds in the…
Carnegie Institution for Science has made a huge dataset of 1,600 nearby stars available to…
New research expands how habitable zones are defined by taking into account the impact of…
A newly published study provides a list of habitable zone exoplanet candidates from the Kepler…
A team of astronomers view a shadow sweeping around a gas-and-dust disk encircling the young…
Researchers from Yale University have developed a new approach to detect distant planets and refine…
A group of citizen scientists and professional astronomers have discovered a star surrounded by the…
Data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and computer modeling show an approximation of what various…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has confirmed the existence of a…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics take a closer look at migrating exoplanets. Many…
https://youtu.be/piBrE4sFZG8 In this six-minute ESOcast video astronomers discuss the newly discovered Proxima b and the…
Using data from NASA’s Juno probe, astronomers hope to gain a better understanding of Jupiter…
Scientists reveal that a newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might…
New research from Yale University suggests that simply being in the habitable zone isn’t sufficient…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the Venus-like Exoplanet GJ 1132b…
Using direct imaging, a team of astronomers has discovered a young Jovian exoplanet within a…
Using the MEarth-North and MEarth-South arrays, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the youngest known…