Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b
Gliese 523b (GJ 523b) is a young, ultra-dense planet that orbits almost perpendicular to its star’s spin, according…
UK’s £3 Million Bet Could Help NASA Find Life on Nearby Planets
A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Credit: NASA A £3 million investment could help secure a…
Astronomers Detect an Atmosphere on a Potentially Earth-Like World
In this artist’s concept, the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is shown in the foreground, surrounded by a helium-rich…
These Nearby Alien Planets Are Stranger – and More Hostile – Than Expected
Artist’s illustration of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld Barnard’s Star hosts four hostile small…
Researchers Used Two Telescopes to Discover a Planet Hidden In Plain Sight
‘This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows Beta Pictoris d, a new planet found orbiting…
A Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star has been discovered
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing an exoplanet and a red dwarf. Astronomers have discovered a…
Potential Atmosphere Detected on Habitable-Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140b
Using spectral data from the Magellan Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, astronomers detected helium escaping from LHS…
Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System
Named Beta Pictoris d, the newly-discovered world is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the first…
This exoplanet, located about 25 light-years from Earth, could be habitable
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing an exoplanet and a star. Astronomers have recently conducted new…
Nearby “Super Earth” May Be A Better Candidate For Life Than Previously Thought
[UT Austin] Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have taken a closer look at a nearby…
James Webb Uncovers the Atmosphere of a Hellish Lava World 41 Light-Years Away
Artist’s illustration of lava exoplanet CoRoT-7 b. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada JWST data suggest 55 Cancri e may be…
Nearby exoplanet just got more Earth-like and promising for life
GJ 3378b has moved closer to the kind of world astronomers most want to find: small, rocky, temperate,…