Solar flares, blasts of plasma gasses of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets according to a ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, but does that mean they could host ...

Solar flares can reshape exoplanet atmospheres within days, affecting temperature, winds, and potential habitability.

Astrolábos is tidally locked with its host star WASP-43b, meaning it’s just like our Moon and one side is permanently facing away from the light. It’s a hot, fast, wild world and new observations have ...

This phenomenon on exoplanets could be similar, though less frequent. The specific conditions of tidally locked planets might alter the efficiency of these processes. The location and intensity of ...

New research has found that lightning, while not very common, can occur on tidally locked exoplanets like our nearest neighbor, Proxima b.

Researchers found that a tidally locked planet like our nearest neighbor Proxima b could produce significant lightning storms, but that these storms were far different from those on Earth.

The exoplanet WASP-107b is tidally locked to its star. That means that the exoplanet always shows the same face to the star it is orbiting.

The exoplanet WASP-107b is tidally locked to its star. That means that the exoplanet always shows the same face to the star it is orbiting.

Most of the exoplanets we've discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn't because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that they are common. About 75% of the stars in the Milky Way are red dwarfs, ...