Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

Discovered in 2017, WASP-107 b is an exoplanet that defies expectations. It boasts a mass similar to Neptune but a radius comparable to Jupiter, giving it one of the lowest bulk densities ever ...

Discover how NASA’s James Webb Telescope unveiled GJ 1214 b, an exoplanet possibly rich in water vapour and hidden beneath ...

In 2021, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spotted the super-Earth, a fascinating development that suggested WASP-132 is a remarkable planetary system. Scientists now know the ...

The new exoplanet, Enaiposha, also known as GJ 1214 b has never been seen before and is now officially being called a "Super-Venus." ...

Scientists have been studying this system since 2006 as part of the Wide-Angle Search for Planets (WASP) program. In 2021, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spotted the super-Earth, ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the atmospheric origin of exoplanet GJ 1214 b and its results challenges ...

When the first exoplanet was discovered in 1995 ... Yet both jumped at the chance to explore these strange new worlds. “I’ve always loved adventure,” says Seager, now at the Massachusetts ...