Tag: Exoplanet

Planets form from large disks of dust and gas that collect around their host stars. Billions of years ago, our solar system would have looked like a single point of…

The hunt for habitable exoplanets is on, and with the James Webb Space Telescope, we finally have a tool that can not only detect the presence of a planet in…

The Webb Space Telescope recently trained its perceptive gaze on a rocky exoplanet about 26 light-years from Earth and found that it appears to have water vapor in its atmosphere—a…

Astronomers have discovered a “forbidden” planet that appears to be far larger than should be possible given its circumstances. A team of researchers investigated a candidate exoplanet called TOI 5205b,…

We are entering a new period of exoplanet astronomy, with a recent announcement that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected its first exoplanet. The promise of Webb is that…

Hubble and Spitzer have identified two planets which seem to be water worlds, with oceans which are 500 times deeper than those on Earth. Fumali – Service providers Marketplace 

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to get the most in-depth look yet at the atmosphere of planet WASP-39 b.

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped an image an exoplanet for the first time.

Astronomers have investigated the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-189b’s atmosphere, and found that it’s just as odd as the planet beneath.

Exoplanets come in many sizes, and sometimes they also come in unusual shapes – like this planet the shape of a rugby ball.