According to the latest reports, it seems that there are potential signs of life on the exoplanet called K2-18b. Here are the latest details about the discovery below. Potential life signs on the exoplanet? Data collected by the James Webb ...
In yet another example of its potential to reveal cosmic secrets, NASA’s most powerful space telescope has determined the molecular and chemical profile of an exoplanet’s atmosphere. Following its debut earlier this year, the James Webb Telescope’s extraordinary infrared capabilities ...
The greatest contender so far for a watery, Earth-like exoplanet is a world about 100 light-years away. Dimensional and mass data for this object, designated TOI-1452b, are compatible with a density profile that would support the presence of a worldwide ...
According to recent study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, WASP-121b, a gigantic gas giant circling a star around 855 light-years from Earth, may feature metal clouds and liquid gem showers. Originally identified in 2015, the exoplanet is classified as ...
“Super-Earths” keep popping up. The most numerous exoplanets are those between Earth and Neptune in size, yet they’re also the most perplexing. Are they rocky like Earth, complete with atmospheres and liquid water, but much larger? Or are they “mini-Neptunes” ...
In the region of a fading sun, scientists believe there might be a planet that could support life. If verified, it could be the first instance a possibly habitable planet has been discovered circling a white dwarf star. The planet ...
A very little extraterrestrial world has recently been discovered circling the Solar System’s nearest star neighbor. Proxima d is an exoplanet candidate that circles Proxima Centauri, a tiny, faint red dwarf star approximately 4.2 light-years away from the Sun. Surprisingly, ...
Astronomers have identified a strange planet not present in our solar system orbiting other stars. It is neither too large nor too tiny but falls between the Earth’s and Neptune’s radii. Dense “super-Earths,” more prominent than Earth, are found near ...
The NASA TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission just discovered something significant: our own sun is remarkably well-behaved in comparison to its counterparts elsewhere in the cosmos. (Image courtesy of NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and Getty Images.) According to Universe Today, ...
If you’re among those who swore eternal love for heavy metal music, you should now know that it’s at least one exoplanet out there that might be even more metal than you. Being composed of iron by roughly 80 percent, ...
A new method of analyzing planetary atmospheres reveals data about the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. Researchers from the UC Santa Cruz released a paper recently discussing the technique, process, and findings. The ancient atmospheres of rocky ...
The hunt for habitable planets continues as scientists wonder now how hospitable are actually the red dwarfs. These cosmic features are one of the long-lasting and most common stars in the Milky Way, and they could hide more secrets than ...
A new super-Earth has been spotted recently, neighbouring the Alpha Centauri. A team of researchers developed a new intriguing technique and realized this discovery. Finding a super-Earth has proved so far to be one of the most challenging quests. Astronomers ...
Recent exoplanet-hunting mission puts in the spotlight a quite odd cosmic body. Without clouds, but with a clear atmosphere, an exoplanet unveiled itself in front of the space telescopes’ eyes, like nothing seen before. As intriguing and strange as it ...
The six-exoplanet system (TOI-178) recently discovered might be the biggest challenge astronomers have met. Five of the exoplanets are in an odd yet unique rhythm around their star, but that’s not all. According to new observations, astronomers believe that the ...
WASP-107b is the first fluffy exoplanet ever spotted by astronomers in our galaxy. The exoplanet flaunts quite the traits, and it orbits an orange dwarf star almost 211 light-years away. New research, however, aims to change our perspective about WASP-107b. ...
An intriguing, rocky, and hot super-Earth amazes scientists with its features. The planet has almost three times the mass of Earth, but their densities are the same. Other measurements indicate the super-Earth is 50 % bigger than our planet and ...