ESA’s Cheops mission has revealed a rare six-planet system in orbital resonance around the star HD110067, offering valuable insights into planetary system evolution. This discovery…
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An international team of astronomers used the CHEOPS and TESS satellites to discover a system of six planets orbiting the star HD110067 in a unique…
An artist’s illustration of the six newly discovered planets circling their star in resonance. Credit: Roger Thibaut (NCCR PlanetS) Researchers led by Rafael Luque discovered…
Artist impress of Quaoar rings. Credit: Paris Observatory ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar During a break from looking at planets…
Artist’s impression of WASP-189b, an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 133112 which is one of the hottest stars known to have a planetary system. Credit:…
Artist impression of planet WASP-103b and its host star. Credit: ESA ESA’s exoplanet An exoplanet (or extrasolar planet) is a planet that is outside the…
Searching for exoplanetary systems. Credit: ESA–C. Carreau ESA’s trifecta of dedicated exoplanetAn exoplanet (or extrasolar planet) is a planet that is outside the Solar System,…
This artist’s impression shows the Nu2 Lupi planetary system, which was recently explored by ESA’s exoplanet observer CHEOPS. Credit: © ESA The exoplanetAn exoplanet (or…
Artist’s impression of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system. Credit: © ESA While exploring two exoplanets in a bright nearby star system, ESA’s exoplanet-hunting Cheops satellite…
Artist’s impression of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system. Credit: © ESA Photobombs — when something or someone unexpectedly enters a camera’s field of sight during…
This is an artist’s impression of the TOI-178 planetary system, which was revealed by ESA’s exoplanet watcher Cheops. The system consists of six exoplanets, five…
Cheops is ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. It is the first mission dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to host exoplanets, in…
Artist’s impression of CHEOPS. Credit: © ESA / ATG medialab Eight months after the space telescope CHEOPS started its journey into space, the first scientific…
Artist’s impression of CHEOPS in orbit above Earth. In this view the satellite’s telescope cover is closed. Credit: ESA / ATG medialab While the planet…