In a study published today in The Astrophysical Journal, scientists provide the most compelling evidence to date that a ...
If we could detect a clear, unambiguous biosignature on just one of the thousands of exoplanets we know of, it would be a ...
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new mini-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. The ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is poised to delve into the captivating light displays of auroras on the gas giants ...
The study of “exoplanets,” the sci-fi-sounding name for all planets in the cosmos beyond our own solar system, is a pretty ...
A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students to use backpack-sized digital smart telescopes.
That isn't the only thing, however, that makes this doomed world an extreme exoplanet unlike anything found in the solar ...
A group of Canadian researchers have said the exoplanet, known as "TOI-270 d," could be too warm for liquid water.
On an ocean world with a thick, hydrogen-rich atmosphere, scientists expect to find strong signatures of CH4 (methane) and CO2 and no evidence of NH3 (ammonia.) This is what the JWST found at K2-18b, ...
Exoplanet covered in boiling ocean spotted by astronomers raises questions about habitats beyond Earth Space technology has ...
Under a worst-case scenario, they could even strip away part of our planet’s atmosphere. Those are the findings of a new paper by physicist Sierra Solter-Hunt, who warns of the effects of ...
SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean on Thursday just as the company named the third test flight a success. The mega rocket, the biggest and most powerful ...