If you examine our solar system’s giant planets, you’ll notice right away that they’ve all got moons—a lot of moons. While ...

How any Earth-sized exoplanets exist, and how do we find them? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address | Space ...

How can astronomers develop better methods for blocking the intense starlight of an exoplanetary system and reveal the exoplanets hiding underneath the glare? This is what a recent study published in ...

This discovery is out of this world. For the first time since its operations began in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a direct image, published by the journal Nature, of a new ...

A new analytical transmission model incorporating pressure-dependent opacity improves interpretation of exoplanet atmospheres and supports data analysis from JWST and the upcoming ARIEL mission.

FREWSBURG — Recently, a new discovery has been made in the astronomy world in the form of a new exoplanet, Wolf 327b, which orbits the nearby red dwarf star, Wolf 327. The discovery has local ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community stated that clearly in the 2020 Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 ...

Exoplanet science has entered an exciting new phase with the development of the EXCITE mission, a groundbreaking project designed to enhance our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. Unlike ...

"If extraterrestrials do exist, scientists have found a promising location for where they could be hiding," said the Daily Mail. Named HD 20794 D, the newly discovered exoplanet orbits a star similar ...

This exoplanet is 10 times smaller — roughly the size of Saturn — than any exoplanet previously observed using this method. Which has to be tiny considering the JWST gave way to six distant “rogue” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The James Webb Space Telescope is shown before its 2021 launch. This discovery is out of this world. For the first time since its ...