About 570 light years from Earth lies WD 1145+017, a white dwarf star. In many respects it's a typical white…
A hospitable star that doesn't kill you with deadly flares. A rocky planet with liquid water and an agreeable climate.…
Imagine a planet where it rained iron. Sounds impossible. But on one distant exoplanet, which is tidally locked to its…
There's a type of exoplanet that astronomers sometimes refer to as cotton candy planets, or super-puffs. They're mysterious, because their…
There are several ways to look for alien life on distant worlds. One is to listen for radio signals these…
The CHEOPS spacecraft is taking the first tentative steps in its mission. Back on January 29th, the spacecraft opened the…
The CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) spacecraft just opened the cover on its telescope. The spacecraft was launched on December 18th 2019 and…
Astronomers have discovered another candidate exoplanet orbiting our neighbor, Proxima Centauri. A paper announcing these results was just published in…
We tend to think of our Earthly circumstances as normal. A watery, temperate world orbiting a stable yellow star. A…
Researchers working with data from NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) have a found a planet that orbits two stars.…