Sometimes, the easy calculations are the most interesting. A recent paper from Balázs Bradák of Kobe University in Japan is…
Astronomers think they've detected the first-ever rainbow-like "glory effect" on an exoplanet. The observations were made with ESA's Cheops mission,…
After a few decades of simply finding exoplanets, humanity is starting to be able to do something more - peer…
Studying exoplanets is made more difficult by the light from the host star. Coronagraphs are devices that block out the…
If we could detect a clear, unambiguous biosignature on just one of the thousands of exoplanets we know of, it…
The JWST is enormously powerful. One of the reasons it was launched is to examine exoplanet atmospheres to determine their…
Even though exoplanet science has advanced significantly in the last decade or two, we're still in an unfortunate situation. Scientists…
Hycean planets may be able to host life even though they're outside what scientists consider the regular habitable zone. Their…
When a young star begins forming, it's spinning rapidly, surrounded by a flattened disk that grows its future planets. Once…
We know that there are thousands of exoplanets out there, with many millions more waiting to be discovered. But the…