These three planets spin so fast that they’re about to tear themselves apart
Astronomers have identified three brown dwarfs which are spinning ten times as fast as a typical planet, so fast that they are on the verge of being torn apart.
Upcoming Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new exoplanets
The upcoming NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will use a method called microlensing to search for tens of thousands of exoplanets.
NASA wants to use a tiny satellite to help investigate exoplanet atmospheres
NASA is considering launched a small satellite called Pandora that could help investigate the atmospheres of planets beyond our solar system.
2,200 exoplanet candidates discovered in 2 years: TESS has been busy
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is celebrating more than 2,200 exoplanet candidates discovered in its first two years of operations.
Tectonic activity on this exoplanet could mean one half is covered in volcanoes
Global tectonic activity has never been observed on a planet outside our solar system, but now a new study suggests that exoplanet LHS 3844b has interior flows.
This hot super-Earth has temperatures of 800°F and rivers of glowing lava
No day or night, heat intense enough to melt lead, and glowing rivers of lava: This hellish landscape is a typical day on exoplanet Gliese 486b.
Astronomers discover baby sun orbited by three hot worlds in a ‘river of stars’
Astronomers have spotted a an exciting star called TOI 451, similar to our sun but much younger, which has three hot planets in orbit around it.
This strange planet has three suns and orbits at a funky angle
Researchers have discovered a planet with three suns and an unusual kink in its orbit.
All the weird and wonderful exoplanets CHEOPS investigated in its first year
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of CHEOPS, ESA’s exoplanet investigation telescope. Here’s what it discovered in its first year.
Scientists find distant planet that’s hotter than the sun
Europe’s CHEOPS satellite has uncovered details about its first exoplanet: An extreme world so hot that even metals like iron would evaporate and turn into gas.