The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
GJ 1214 b, nicknamed Enaiposha, is a planet discovered 47 light-years away that has been reclassified from a mini-Neptune to ...
A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.
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How we study our planet
We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star – one of our closest stellar neighbors – ...
Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our ...
Astronomers have recently unveiled an extraordinary discovery in the cosmos: a new exoplanet named Enaiposha, located 47 ...