When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for ...

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.

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 ...

Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, ...

The JWST has detected hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and dimethyl sulfide in the atmosphere of a habitable sub-Neptune, ...

Why is it important to know about exoplanets having their atmospheres stripped while orbiting F-type stars? This is what a ...

TOI-2267 consists of two stars, both orbited by exoplanets roughly the size of Earth. This is particularly exciting for ...

Have you ever wondered why, with the vastness of the universe and the countless exoplanets we've discovered, there's still no ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

The study revealed that TOI-2267 has two closely bound stars orbiting each other, and the third planet transits the companion ...

How do moons form around gas giant planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes ...