In the early chaos of planetary formation, before crusts cooled or atmospheres settled, water might already have been ...

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.

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

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“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

As the world approaches critical tipping points, a comprehensive global scientific report shows that resilience—the ability ...

TOI-2267 is made up of two small and cool stars. The team confirmed the presence of two exoplanets, and there is strong ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...