Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

More studies are needed to determine whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere at all, or the hints of methane are linked to the host star.

In a significant leap forward in the quest for extraterrestrial life, NASA recently announced the detection of oxygen in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. This revolutionary discovery will be the ...

The exoplanet is believed to be one of the farthest known from Earth. This artist's map of the Milky Way shows the location of one of the farthest known exoplanets, lying 13,000 light-years away. Most ...

October 23, 2023, Mountain View, CA — In a new study published in the Astronomical Journal, researchers used the known population of exoplanets and extrapolated to the much larger, unknown population ...

Space is full of unsolved mysteries, and a team using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have recently turned up a doozy.

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

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A new catalog of 126 worlds beyond the solar system contains a cornucopia of newly discovered planets — some have extreme and exotic natures, but others could potentially support life as we know it.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered evidence of a possible ocean world larger than Earth with conditions that have the potential to support life. The exoplanet known as K2-18 b was first ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...