When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...
Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three ...
A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.
An international team of astronomers has shown for the first time that it is possible to map exoplanets using a technique ...
What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?
A recently discovered exoplanet, a planet that exists beyond our solar system, called GJ 251c is a super-Earth located just 18 light-years away from our ...