James Webb Telescope eyes exoplanet with oceans of lava
The James Webb Space Telescope team has identified a couple of exoplanets it wants to explore, including one featuring oceans of lava.
Hubble spies on 25 hot Jupiters to learn about their atmospheres
The Hubble Space Telescope have investigated 25 exoplanets to find out about how the composition of their atmospheres.
James Webb researcher on how telescope will investigate exoplanet atmospheres
A researcher who will be using the James Webb Space Telescope shares how they will investigate exoplanet atmospheres.
If these nearby stars hosted an exoplanet, here’s what it might be like
Astronomers from ETH Zurich have predicted that an Earth-like planet could exist orbiting the nearest sun-like stars to Earth.
This exoplanet has two suns – just like Tatooine
A team of astronomers has detected a Tatooine-like exoplanet which orbits two stars. A person living on the planet would see two suns in the sky.
Hints of a planet in the habitable zone of a dead star
Researchers find indications of a potential exoplanet in a white dwarf’s narrow habitable zone for the first time.
Astronomers spot a new planet orbiting our neighboring star
Astronomers have found a new planet orbiting our neighboring star Proxima Centauri, and it’s one of the lightest exoplanets ever found.
NASA’s TESS has discovered 5,000 exoplanet candidates
NASA’s planet-hunting satellite, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, has passed an impressive milestone, having identified 5,000 potential exoplanets.
Exoplanet with eccentric orbit discovered in the habitable zone of a red dwarf
Astronomers have found a planet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, but its orbit is so elongated that it likely couldn’t support life.
Largest ever group of lonely rogue planets discovered in Milky Way
Deep in the cold, dark emptiness of interstellar space, you can find some lonely planets roaming freely and not orbiting a star.