Exoplanet

Hubble uncovers a heavy metal exoplanet shaped like a football

Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal magnesium and iron gas streaming from the heavy metal exoplanet known as WASP-121b.

TESS satellite uncovers ‘first nearby super-Earth’

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) satellite has recently characterized the first nearby super-earth outside of our solar system- located at a distance of...

NASA’s TESS discovered three new planets nearby, including temperate ‘sub-Neptune’

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has discovered three new planets that are among the smallest, nearest exoplanets known to date.

New space discovery sheds light on planet formation

Young exoplanets are snapshots of the planetary evolution process. Planets that orbit stars in young associations are particularly important because the age of the...

NASA just released stunning video map of all 4,000 exoplanets

Exoplanets are a subject of interest for astronomers since they orbit various stars, but because they can potentially harbor life. A few exoplanets found...

Probing a new class of exoplanet

For the first ever time, a team of scientists have analyzed the chemical composition of the atmosphere of a new class of exoplanet, called...

NASA’s TESS discovers the smallest exoplanet it has ever found

NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) spacecraft is continuing to find exoplanets frequently since it began operations and now it has discovered its smallest...

Researchers discover two new Earth-like exoplanets near Teegarden’s star

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has discovered two Earth-like planets in our cosmic backyard, and both appear so similar...

Forbidden planet discovered in Neptunian Desert around its star

Astronomers have recently discovered an exoplanet smaller than Neptune that has its own atmosphere in the Neptunian Desert. Astronomers noted it is the first...

Simulating sounds of stars to reveal their secrets

The sound may not be able to travel through the vacuum of space. But that doesn’t stop stars from unleashing a symphony of subsonic notes...

Five planets revealed after 20 years of observation

The first evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1995. A giant planet was found in a four-day orbit around the nearby star 51...

New Neptune-to-Saturn-size planet orbiting between two previously known planets

Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data...

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