Webb Telescope Spots Possible Signs of Atmosphere on “Goldilocks” Exoplanet
This artist’s concept portrays the seven rocky exoplanets within the TRAPPIST-1 system, located 40 light-years from Earth. Credit:…
A New Hope for Life? Webb Telescope Reveals First Clues From Potentially Habitable World
The Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e, depicted at the lower right, is silhouetted as it passes in front of…
Historic find? Researchers say Earth-like exoplanet could be habitable
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (NASA/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) – Astronomers have announced a groundbreaking discovery that could change our understanding of…
Could Alien Worlds Thrive Around Dead Stars?
White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like…
Astrophysicists Zero In on Source of Strange Gamma-Ray Signals
Artist’s impression of a MSP binary system. Credit: ESA & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Millisecond pulsar binaries…
Earth-like planet that may contain water studied by NASA’s Webb telescope
Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the space…
Webb Telescope Spots a “Blob” Near a Star, but Is It a Planet?
Artist’s depiction of the Epsilon Eridani system, including the elusive planet Epsilon Eridani b. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook JWST…
Astronomers Spot Growing Protoplanet in Disk Gap around Young Solar Analog
Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have directly imaged a 4.9-Jupiter-mass protoplanet in…
Can Dark Matter Turn Giant Planets Into Black Holes?
Exoplanets might hold hidden clues about dark matter. New research suggests these distant worlds could even collapse into…
