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…
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…
NZ’s oldest post office in Ophir gets a new postmistress
“My primary thing was to make sure I got the post boxes right because sometimes they’d walk in…
Astronomers discover a super-Earth that may have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
NASA’s Exoplanet Hunter Reveals its Most Complete Look at the Night Sky
‘This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025,…
A Single Power Law For The TRAPPIST-1 Flare Distribution Across Four Orders Of Magnitude In Energy
Cumulative flare-frequency distribution of TRAPPIST-1. The cumulative occurrence rate ν(≥ ETESS) is shown as a function of TESS-band…
Over 10,000 new exoplanet candidates revealed!
Artist’s illustration depicting dozens of exoplanets. A new survey of data from NASA’s TESS space telescope has revealed…
Stellar Eclipses Observed By TESS Shed Light On Possible New Worlds
A gas giant planet looms in the foreground at right, illuminated by a pair of stars, in this…
Astronomers Spot Dozens of Potential ‘Tatooine’ Worlds
The existence of circumbinary planets — exoplanets that orbit binary stars — has only been firmly established over…
The Multi-planet System TOI-5624: Four Transiting Sub-Neptunes With An Outer Companion Revealed By Transit-timing Variations
Stability analysis of the TOI-5624 planetary system focusing on planet f. We vary the orbital period Pf and…
Man who pulled Sophia Crestani out of deadly Dunedin party pile-up honoured
Sophia Crestani died after being caught up in a crush of people at an overcrowded Dunedin party in…
Invercargill councillors reject claims they failed former Mayor Tim Shadbolt
She described his final term as mayor – from 2019-22 – as truly awful and detailed accusations she…