Citizen scientists help discover a Jupiter-like planet 379 light-years away
Citizen scientists have helped comb through data from a NASA telescope to identify a gas giant planet located 379 light-years away.
Astronomers discover massive planet in extreme, massive star system
Astronomers have discovered a planet some previously thought to be impossible, orbiting an enormous and extremely hot star system.
A year lasts just 8 hours on tiny, hellish planet bombarded by radiation
Astronomers have discovered a terrifying planet: Smaller than Earth and so close to its star that it completes an orbit in just eight hours.
Evidence of a possible exoplanet in another galaxy found for the first time
Evidence has been uncovered for the potential identification of a planet in another galaxy for the first time.
Hawaiian telescope snaps an image of a recently formed baby planet
Recently, astronomers had the rare treat of observing an exoplanet directly — and it’s one of the youngest planets ever found.
Astronomers discover bizarre exoplanet orbiting three stars
Astronomers have identified a cosmic oddity: What may be the first planet ever discovered that orbits three stars.
This tiny exoplanet 35 light-years away is half the mass of Venus
Of the roughly 4,200 exoplanets discovered thus far, most are larger than Earth. But the recently identified planet L 98-59b is just half the mass of Venus.
This weird exoplanet is regrowing its atmosphere
Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a very odd planet that seems to be regrowing its atmosphere after having lost it in the past.
Hubble spots distant exoplanet that could be equivalent to Planet Nine
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found an interesting exoplanet equivalent to the hypothesized ninth planet in our solar system.
Rain of rocks falls on this planet with a temperature of 3,000°C
It’s been a hellish week here on Earth, but it could be worse — we could be on K2-141b, a lava planet with some of the most extreme weather ever…