What: New JWST observations probe the possible atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 e, an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have captured images of extreme weather patterns on a rogue planet, exhibiting ...

Researchers present strong evidence for a planet circling two brown dwarfs on a near polar path. The orbit is tilted almost ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as ...

Astronomers have recently unlocked a new frontier in exoplanet exploration, generating the first 3D map of a distant world. This groundbreaking study, published inNature Astronomy, takes us beyond the ...

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress often comes from data that don’t fit our current understanding. This idea, ...

When you put clowns in charge of elections, expect a sinister circus. Via the New York Times: Election officials from nearly all 50 states gathered on a call last month with the Homeland Security ...