One of the main questions in exoplanet science concerns M dwarfs (red dwarfs) and the habitability of exoplanets that orbit ...

Astronomers from the University of Geneva, working with colleagues in Canada and the United States, have captured the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of astronomers have found a potentially habitable exoplanet ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured breathtakingly detailed images of two giant exoplanets orbiting a distant sun-like star. These observations revealed sand-like silicate ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a bright G-type star. The newfound alien world, ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new cold "super Jupiter" exoplanet, marking the closest of its kind ever found to us. The new planet, named Eps Ind Ab, orbits a star called Epsilon Indi A, only ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned up a world that looks more like a squeezed citrus fruit than a planet, a distorted ...

The distant planet appears to be in the shape of a lemon as the pulsar's intense gravity stretches the planet.

Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous On the Structure of Scientific Revolutions. So scientists should welcome ...

Just two decades after astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 alien worlds. The total will rise even quicker as next-generation telescopes take flight.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Parts of space might be a bit smelly. The stench of rotten eggs ...