If we define planets as worlds that are geologically complex, then some moons are planets too.
Recently, astronomers have been finding protoplanetary discs around certain stars. Their discovery has helped kick off a new work in…
It's a hat-trick! Astronomers may have spotted the first ever known planet orbiting not one, not two, but three stars.…
A new study shows how next-generation observatories could directly observe oceans on exoplanets, which could narrow the search for extraterrestrial…
A new study examines two rocky exoplanets (TOI-1634b and TOI-1685b) that appear to have been stripped of their atmospheres.
An international research team shows how combining data from multiple observatories allowed them to detect clouds in the atmosphere of…
We'd love to find another planet like Earth. Not exactly like Earth; that's kind of ridiculous and probably a little…
All hail the occulter: an orbiting starshade for ground-based telescopes. (more…)
A new study has identified another class of exoplanet that could drastically increase the odds of finding life beyond the…
When it comes to finding exoplanets, size matters, but so does weight. The larger and heavier the planet, the more…