Potential 11,000 Earth-Like Planets Within Our Galactic Neighborhood
In 1960, as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) was on the rise, Dr. Frank Drake presented the famed Drake…
In 1960, as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) was on the rise, Dr. Frank Drake presented the famed Drake…
When it comes to understanding nature, outliers can often be the most revealing. Such is the case for exoplanet science,…
Key takeaways: The James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon-bearing molecules, methane and carbon dioxide, in K2-18 b’s atmosphere. K2-18 b,…
When gazing upon the vast cosmos, one planet shines brightly with irrefutable signs of life: Earth. Our blue planet’s atmosphere…
A fresh find in the vastness of space is perplexing astronomers. Named TOI-332b, this enigmatic exoplanet, set far away from…
Harnessing the power of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a global consortium of space scientists stumbled upon an intriguing…
An international consortium of astronomers recently unveiled the existence of a planet with an unusually dense composition, reminiscent of the…
In a breathtaking feat of astrophysics, a Northwestern University scientist has created an unprecedented time-lapse video of Beta Pictoris b,…
In an unprecedented find, an international team of astronomers has uncovered a very unusual alien planet, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet called…
In a surprising discovery, astronomers have uncovered what they have aptly dubbed as the cotton candy exoplanet. Despite being nearly…
The ultimate fate of our sun’s expansion threatens to obliterate Earth, a common destiny for planets as their host stars…
The celestial body known as HAT-P-32b, a behemoth nearly double the size of Jupiter, has been discovered to be shedding…
TOI-733b, a rare exoplanet 245 light-years away, may hold the key to understanding the puzzling gap in exoplanet sizes between…
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery, observing silicate cloud features and multiple molecules in…
Exploring the “Terminator” Zone Researchers from the University of California at Irvine simulated the climate of various tidally locked planets,…
An alien planet dubbed K2-415 b has been confirmed by scientists orbiting a star some 72 light-years from Earth. The…
To this day, scientists exploring the galaxy have found a little over 5,200 exoplanets in more than 9,000 different star…
For the first time, researchers confirmed an exoplanet—a planet orbiting another star—using the James Webb Space Telescope. Formally classified as…
The universe is a massive place. It is so big that the human mind has a hard time grasping it….
Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet orbiting a nearby binary star by tracing a small, almost imperceptible wobble in its…
The James Webb Space Telescope is a wonder of engineering. The 10-billion-dollar telescope has already changed the way we look…
To date, researchers have discovered (and confirmed) a total of 5,071 exoplanets, and another 8,870 are awaiting confirmation. Since 1992,…