A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.
Exploration of the outer solar system may be getting a boost from the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO). When this gigantic ...
In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called ...
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
After decades of searching, astronomers have uncovered some of the strongest evidence yet of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s ...
MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...
New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...
Saturn has become the planet with the most moons following the discovery of 128 new moons by a team of astronomers. This brings the total count to 274, surpassing all other planets. These tiny, ...
SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...
Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, are common in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ...