By using habitable zone and stellar evolution models, astrobiologists from the University of East Anglia…
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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.
New research presented to the European Planetary Science Congress at UCL aims to explore how…
A new technique developed by astronomers simplifies the measurement of a star’s surface gravity using…
Scientists from MIT have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet, named Kepler 78b, that orbits its star…
NASA has announced that all attempts to fully restore Kepler have failed and that they…
The latest ScienceCast video explores the attraction astronomers have to class of exoplanets called “hot…
Astronomers in the SEEDS Project have discovered the least massive planet ever detected around a…
Using asteroseismic data obtained by the CoRoT space telescope, a team of scientists was able…
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory has…
A recently published study details new theoretical models that reveal how an outburst event in…
As the search for habitable planets continues, astronomers detail how they determine which exoplanets have…
Scientists from the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University have developed a new interactive website…
Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have revealed that the actual visible-light color…
Using the Microvariability & Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope, astronomers were able to estimate…
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University have published a new study that…
Using data from Gemini Observatory’s Planet-Finding Campaign, several new studies reveal the nature of gas-giant…
By adding HARPS observations, along with data from several other telescopes, to previous data about…
Using two telescopes at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, scientists have observed the atmosphere of super-Earth exoplanet…