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On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three ...
The star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b, is depicted in this illustration released by ...
Scientists Astonished By Discovery of Giant Planet That Doesn't Make Any Sense: 'We Don't Understand' After decades of analysis, scientists have a set of principles upon which they believe the ...
Scientists said it was the first intact exoplanet to have been found in the forbidden zone of a star.
Exoplanet with two ‘suns’ is even more unique than Tatooine Like something from 'Star Wars,' 2M1510 is in a rare perpendicular orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs.
While the researchers want to learn more about the exoplanet, named 2M1510 (AB) b, they can draw comparisons with the fictional Tatooine in Star Wars, a desert world that orbited two suns.
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
Are we alone in the universe? While no one can say for sure, space scientists know where to start looking—exoplanets. An exoplanet is a planet beyond the cradle of Earth’s eight-membered solar system.
Astronomers Find Four New Exoplanets Orbiting a Neighboring Star, the ‘White Whale’ of Planet Seekers More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s ...
A tiny star is making big moves — whether its accomplice likes it or not. Astronomers have spotted a star just a fraction the mass of the Sun crashing through the Milky Way at ridiculous speeds ...
This result, drawing on more than two decades of observations, opens a window to future studies of Earth-like exoplanets that may have conditions suitable for life.
New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere estimates.