Small exoplanet could be hot and steamy according to Hubble
One of the big topics in exoplanet research right now is not just finding exoplanets but also looking at their atmospheres. Tools like the James Webb Space Telescope are designed…
Astronomers discover extremely hot exoplanet with ‘lava hemisphere’
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet with an unusually extreme climate where one half of the planet is thought to be covered in lava. The planet HD 63433 d is…
Webb Telescope Finds What May Be a Glowing Aurora on a Failed Star
The Webb Space Telescope has spotted something weird: a brown dwarf with what appear to be aurorae, what we Earthlings sometimes call the Northern Lights. What makes the observation particularly…
Scientists Have Formally Invited Aliens to Visit Kentucky
The city of Lexington, Kentucky, appears so tired of being overlooked by humankind that it has sent a formal invitation to the next-best thing: alien life that may or may…
See the weather patterns on a wild, super hot exoplanet
When it comes to understanding exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, the big challenge is in not only finding these planets, but also understanding what they are like. And…
How astronomers used James Webb to detect methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet
One of the amazing abilities of the James Webb Space Telescope is not just detecting the presence of far-off planets, but also being able to peer into their atmospheres to…
James Webb investigates a super puffy exoplanet where it rains sand
Exoplanets come in many forms, from dense, rocky planets like Earth and Mars to gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. But some planets discovered outside our solar system are even…
The Hubble Telescope Just Sized Up an Earth-Sized Exoplanet
The Hubble Space Telescope just ogled an exoplanet passing in front of a star in a triple system, revealing the nearby world’s mass. Webb Telescope Images the Pillars of Creation…
Retired NASA Telescope Reveals Clues to the Elusive ‘Size Gap’ in Exoplanets
Exoplanets pushing their atmospheres away may explain a gap in exoplanet masses, according to a team of researchers that recently studied data from NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope. What Is…
Webb Telescope Sees Tantalizing Molecular Signals on Possible Water World
The Webb Space Telescope recently turned its focus to a nearby exoplanet and found that it may be a Hycean world, or a world completely covered in a single global…