A study by Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute provides models of how Earth looked like over time, which could help us…
A new study shows how the presence of a cloud layer could make it harder for the James Webb Space…
Imagine a planet where it rained iron. Sounds impossible. But on one distant exoplanet, which is tidally locked to its…
A team of Japanese researchers have created a new model for moon formation that explains how planets like Saturn end…
Soon, astronomers and astrophysicists will have more observing power than they know what to do with. Not only will the…
There's a type of exoplanet that astronomers sometimes refer to as cotton candy planets, or super-puffs. They're mysterious, because their…
A team of scientists from the Netherlands have proposed an exciting new approach for finding exoplanets: look for signs of…
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…
NASA scientists have run simulations that show what the climate on Proxima b might be like, with encouraging results!