These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can’t penetrate
An exoplanet so light that it would float on water, were there an ocean large…
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Why don’t more Tatooine-like exoplanets exist in our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers might have an answer
It's one of the most instantly recognizable scenes in cinematic history: Luke Skywalker gazes at…
Astronomers discover the ‘growing pains’ of teenage exoplanets
When the Undertones sang about "Teenage Kicks," they could well have been inadvertently referring to…
Super-Earth exoplanets may have built-in magnetic protection from churning magma — and that’s good news for life
"Super-Earth" exoplanets may have an in-built way to protect themselves from harmful radiation, giving any…
Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets
An artist’s impression of an exoplanetESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser) Quantum computers may help us see more…
Is our dream of finding ocean-covered exoplanets drying up?
Sub-Neptune planets, often billed as possible "water worlds," may be more desert than deep sea,…
NASA Records More Than 6,000 Exoplanets and Counting
September 19, 20253 min readAstronomers’ Exoplanet Haul Tops 6,000 Alien WorldsIt’s a crowded galaxy, the…
Where are all the ‘hot Neptune’ exoplanets? Orbital chaos may have booted them out
Astronomers have launched a new program known as ATREIDES to study a mysterious "desert" in…
We’ve officially found 6,000 exoplanets, NASA says: ‘We’re entering the next great chapter of exploration’
It might sound hard to believe, but NASA's exoplanet count just reached 6,000 — and…
Strange binary star system has three Earth-sized exoplanets
Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three…