Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...
Researchers have discovered more than 6,000 exoplanets in our Milky Way. Of these, the sub-Neptune class, which are smaller ...
Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of three Earth-sized planets orbiting within a compact binary star system. This rare configuration, where planets circle two stars simultaneously, ...
To fix the problem, former University of Sydney Ph.D. students Max Charles and Louis Desdoigts developed a neural network, a ...
A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search ...
A new study suggests mysterious water worlds may be manufacturing their own oceans through chemical reactions deep within ...
Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an extraordinary and unprecedented sight: a moon-forming disk surrounding a young, giant exoplanet located roughly 625 light years ...
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a nearby super Earth that could potentially support alien life — drawing comparisons to theories surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS, which some ...
About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.