In a significant breakthrough, scientists have identified three Earth-sized exoplanets in a binary star system, potentially ...

Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release. The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbits ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the one orbiting Earth could potentially form. "Moons likely outnumber planets ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, if more detailed analyses verify preliminary observations from the James Webb ...

Detecting exoplanets at all is difficult—they typically emit much less than 1% of a host star's brightness. Eclipse mapping requires measuring small fractions of that total as a planet circles behind ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The baby exoplanet WISPIT 2b appears as a small purple dot beside a bright white dust ring ...

In principle, discovering new exoplanets is pretty easy. Simply measure the brightness of a star over time, and when a planet passes in front of the star, the brightness will dim slightly. The more ...

"This is the strongest accretion episode ever recorded for a planetary-mass object." Scientists have identified a lone planet with a ferocious appetite. Located in the Chamaeleon constellation roughly ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.

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Explore Norway’s Arctic highlands, where remote wooden cabins sit quietly among snow-covered peaks. This aerial footage ...