Astronomers are uncovering distant worlds beyond our solar system using ingenious indirect methods like observing stellar ...
Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.
Dubbed HD 143811 AB b, the interstellar entity is a gas giant that’s located some 446 light-years away from Earth in a galaxy ...
In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...
Astronomers have discovered a brand-new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter. The growing planet, named WISPIT 2b, is estimated to be about ...
Using a powerful combination of space-based measurements and Subaru’s advanced imaging, astronomers have discovered two rare companions, one of which enables a key test for NASA’s Roman Space ...
"This makes TOI-2267 the first binary system known to host transiting planets around both of its stars." Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), ...
Astronomers have made an unexpected discovery about the planet TOI-3884b, which orbits its star at a crazy angle. The ...
Learn more about volcanic activity on Mars and how it may have once provided vital elements to the atmosphere.
Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's ...
A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of some of the smallest planets yet detected beyond our solar system. The two newly discovered planets represent a new class of extrasolar planets, ...