We have the transit method to thank for the large majority of the exoplanets we've discovered. When an exoplanet transits…
How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even…
When a star like the Sun dies, it puffs away its outer layers, leaving behind its glowing core. Without fusion…
Every exoplanet discovery is an opportunity to refine models of planet formation, solar system architecture, habitable zones, and habitability itself.…
A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing…
When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands…
Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made…
Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat. Both are disintegrating…
There might be a type of exoplanet without dry land. They're called "Hycean" worlds, a portmanteau of 'hydrogen' and 'ocean.'…
Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets - almost half of…